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Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: samples and copyright

From: Mike Dickson <mike.dickson@gmail.com>
Date: 2011-02-27

And the other of course was Tom Waits. Waits didn't (and wouldn't) sanction one of his tunes for an advertisement, so someone essentially impersonated him. Waits won.

Mike


On 27 February 2011 14:38, <fdoddy@aol.com> wrote:
 

There have been successful lawsuits here concerning the "sound alike" nature of a singer's voice, the most notable of them coming from Bette Midler's camp.  She won! The precedent set here is, again, intent.  That intention is to willfully trick the public into thinking they're listening to the real Bette Midler, or whoever they're trying to sound like.  Knowing the industry the way I do, I'm sure there were scads of forensic evidence in the Midler case.  Stupid advertising agencies!!  Again, laziness rears its ugly head.