If you really believe this, by all means put it to the test: write,
record, and distribute a song that uses the refrain from "She Loves
You," but change the lyrics to, I don't know, "I want her, whoa, whoa,
whoa." Once the lawsuits have been filed, go before the judge in open
court and state your defense: "Your honor, it's only six notes, and
I read on the internet that you can copy seven notes and they can't sue
you." I expect that between Michael Jackson and Sony's lawyers, Paul
McCartney's lawyers, and Yoko Ono's lawyers, you'll probably walk out
of the courtroom missing a few fingers.
Any infringement on protected work is actionable. Standard exceptions/
disclaimers apply.
C.
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Chris.Hilker (cspot@hyperreal.org) "One being, that talking about things,
while not exactly causing them to happen, does cause something,-- which is
almost the same, tho' not quite. Unless it is possible to smoke a Potatoe."