Tom Petty Considering suing RHCP

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are they the same?

Yeah! Sue em to the ground!
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Meh, Kinda sorta, whats the fuss?
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Nope, not even close.
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Tom Petty Considering suing RHCP

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Hmmm, I dont know, what do you all think?

theres a link to hear the two songs at the bottom...

EDIT* heres the at the bottom thing, contains story and sample sounds.
http://www.alternativeaddiction.com/mus ... asp?id=634
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At the bottom of what? But either way, Tom Petty can "fudge" himself, because the RHCP rock, I have tickets to see them in october, and bought Stadium Arcadium the day it came out.
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Edited Link Added.
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What is RHCP and what is the beef about? I think Tom Petty is THE MAN and can do no wrong! :P
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#5 Unread post by NorthernPete »

Red Hot Chili Peppers....

Their new single Dani Californioa apperently sounds like Last dance with mary Jane... I can hear a similarity, but not enough to get Toms panties in a twist over.... But plagerism laws can be fairly broad I guess.
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"fudge" Tom Petty and RHCP. Tom Petty hasn't made a good album since dam the torpedos (which was his first album I think)
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NorthernPete wrote:Red Hot Chili Peppers....

Their new single Dani Californioa apperently sounds like Last dance with mary Jane... I can hear a similarity, but not enough to get Toms panties in a twist over.... But plagerism laws can be fairly broad I guess.
I thought the same thing. The blurb makes it sounds like the are exact copies or something. I just don't hear that. Similar? Yes. The same? Uh, no.

And it's not like this is the first time to hit songs have sounded similar.
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#8 Unread post by Loonette »

After reading the article, it sounds like the producer should be sued if anyone (although, I don't hear such a strong resemblance either). He's the one who worked with both songs and the one who makes the suggestions for changes in the studio. Regardless of whether the songs are too similar or not, why the hate fest on Tom Petty? The article even states that he has made no comment and has not mentioned plans to sue anyway. Tom Petty rocks, and he's one of the nicest folks IRL. The RHCP are great, but if there truly was a plagiarism issue, don't you think that the original writer should have protection for his/her artistic material?

My favorite plagiarism case ever was when CCR wanted to sue John Fogerty. The songs were CCR's "Bad Moon Rising" and John Fogerty's "The Old Man is Down the Road". Thing was... John Fogerty wrote both songs. So basically he was being sued for plagiarizing himself. The case was thrown out.

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#9 Unread post by Apitoxin »

Vanilla Ice's Ice Ice Baby has one extra beat compared to someone else's song. He got away. There is definately enough difference for RHCP to get away with it.
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Se7eN wrote:Vanilla Ice's Ice Ice Baby has one extra beat compared to someone else's song. He got away. There is definately enough difference for RHCP to get away with it.
AFAIK, Vanilla didn't get away with that one. He had to pay royalites to Queen.
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