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Originally Posted by chiliD
Good find!!!!! WOW!!
The thing that gets me is that these songs go unlitigated, but Lennon uses one little line from a Chuck Berry song in "Come Together" and half his income from the song goes to Chuck....and don't even get me started about the "My Sweet Lord/He's So Fine" comparison.
I'm REALLY surprised that Petty hasn't been prosecuted for the "Cheating/Breakdown" thing...they're for all intents identical from plagiaristic standards....songwriters have lost millions in royalties over MUCH less "borrowing" of melody or lyrical lines.
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The more famous you are.... Don't forget that a legal team representing Glenn Miller's estate (the deceased Big Band trombone band leader), tried to sue the Beatles for using the "In the Mood" saxophone riff during the end of "All You Need Is Love".
George Harrison could've sued Paul Weller for "Start!", which is a pure rip-off of "Taxman"!
Actually I'm really surprised the original songwriters for The Monkees "Pleasant Valley Sunday" never sued the songwriters of the "Friends" TV show theme.
In Tom Petty's case (with the current album), he's trying to do a service for Peter Green. He isn't trying steal, or rip him off.
Carlos Santana, and Jimmy Page have already stolen his guitar solo accents (Carlos Santana), or PG's method of how to play slow blues. (Page is just a pretender compared to Green). I'd litigate both guitarists for trying to steal the soul of a mentally ill guitarist who should've been headlining big rock concerts with his guitar prowess in a major ROCK band named Fleetwood Mac.