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Originally Posted by mcan
I think Joe's a much better musician, and I really could care less about Coldplay. I don't listen to much modern stuff. But you're not really making an argument here man. Lyric and melody... Joe's stuff doesn't have any lyrics. Coldplay's melody is only the same for three notes. Of course, they're the hook notes and they're repeated over and over again, so you're going to latch onto those. But, I've just given two other examples where those same three notes are used in a similar fashion. As I was instructed to do.
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Dude, look: I worked in a executive position for two of the biggest music publishing companies in the world for more than a decade. I know and understand copyright law as well or better than maybe all but a handful of people on the planet. Not Chiefsplanet, planet Earth.
Given Braincase's example, Joe Satriani ABSOLUTELY has a case. Not only can you lie the songs over each other to hear the similarities, they're the same exact tempo and same exact structure. Chris Martin's melody is a near perfect match for Satriani's guitar line.
Huey Lewis won a similar case in the 1980's. The "Ghostbuster's Theme" was deemed a copy of "I Want a New Drug" and Lewis was awarded royalties and copyrights and IMO, Satriani has a stronger case.
Again, I'd be absolutely SHOCKED if Satriani weren't granted 50% of the copyrights to the Coldplay song.