hailstorm350 said:hmm, well it's a good thing you can't copyright a melody or chord progression then isn't it?
There's a reason people continue to come out with music, and it's because they're not deterred by copyrighted progressions...
I don't care if they copied the song, they turned it into their own thing really, because satriani's wasn't lyrics.
Good for them for making money off of something they turned into their own! (Same thing has happened a million times in the computer industry, and people fight it at first, but then realize that it's actually helped progress the world!)
hailstorm350 said:hmm, well it's a good thing you can't copyright a melody or chord progression then isn't it?
There's a reason people continue to come out with music, and it's because they're not deterred by copyrighted progressions...
yes, but when you make minor changes, an argument can be made against the copyright.Neil Stryker X said:hailstorm350 said:hmm, well it's a good thing you can't copyright a melody or chord progression then isn't it?
There's a reason people continue to come out with music, and it's because they're not deterred by copyrighted progressions...
Melody is an essential part of a song's copyright.
I doubt that a band with the talent of Coldplay