copyrights

["Josh Mooney" <jmooney10@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Kidz:

I couldn't make it through all (or even half) the text of that copyright
post-- I'm too drunk and too old-- but Brad, in response to your post, my
take is that Zeppelin has pretty much done right over the years by the
musicians they didn't appropriately credit at the time. If there are still
outstanding issues (I'm guessing there are), then I suspect these will be
dealt with in a proper, legal way. 

But where do you draw the line? Blues riffs are all, by definition, kinda
derivative of everything else. Like the way early Beethoven sounded a lot
like Mozart. If I may. 

I ain't no music scholar, so maybe you cats who are can join this
discussion. I understand its importance. For years now, I've read or heard
about old-skool blues guys dying in poverty while the '60s and '70s rock
stars we know well buy mansions and women based on recycled riffs.

That's fucking tragic. 

But to get back to your post, Brad, I have to say that, to my ears at least,
Zeppelin made the music in question their own, and that's why they mean so
much to me, and have, for the last 30 years. Where credit mistakes,
oversights, or slights are concerned, they have addressed them. Maybe they
need to do more along these lines. I respect that perspective. 




Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 20:03:48 +1100
From: "Brad" <barnoo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: Aging rockers set to lose copyrights (Eventual Zeppelin
Content)

Seemed to be ok for the likes of the Stones to make money off songs they
didn't write, and Zep to plagiarise blues classics and make money from them.
Is there a difference here?  Or am I missing something?

There is no doubt that some artists have a legitimate case to make.  I just
think that the Stones have a hide and if Page/Plant also whinge about it
then Page should go and have a relisten to some of his chops, and Plant
should have a listen to some of his lyrics.

Don't forget the price that George Harrison paid for My Sweet Lord sounding
like the Chiffons.  Some bands have been lucky to not be taken to the
cleaners over their blatant ripping off of other songs.

Sacrilege I know but there you have it.


Brad