Hold That Thought

In this episode we rapped about plagiarism versus Influence, copyright, copyleft , originality in the eyes of the supreme court, intellectual property, contracts, shady booking agents and venue owners, integration clauses and setting standards for musicians. Quotes from the show On the topic of plagiarism - “ On the copyright law there has to be some originality to what you create in order for it to be subject to protection.” “ The Supreme Court has given the definition of “original” very broad broad implications.” “Copyright applies to the phone book the same was it would apply to the lyrics of a song.” “Good Musicians borrow, great musicians steal.” This quote has been believed to be derived by Miles Davis, T.S Elliot, Pablo Picaso and Stravinsky And my favorite quote of the show. This was Jerrod’s reply to a question about musicians having to pay to play. “ Pay to Play - Ouch!” Notes and what I learned on this amazing episode. -Copyright act was established in 1976 -Copyright clause is par