Friday, November 13, 2009


Over the coarse of musical history, there have been many examples of musical plagarism in song. One clear example of musical plagerism is the Red Hot Chili Pepper's song "Dani California" and the song it was stolen from was Tom Petty's hit "Mary Jane's Last Dance. This is clearly musical plagerism because the beat of the song is very similar and the way the song is wrote clearly a copy of Tom Petty's far superior song. One example of unintentional plagerism is a much more famous case in George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord" and The Chiffon's "He's So Fine". George Harrison was sued by the Chiffon's for plagarism and ended up winning the suit. The songs were similar in the beat and the way they were wrote, but the idea that such a musical genious in George Harrison could steal from the far less talented Chiffon's is just absurd and falicious. Musical Plagarism in song happens all the time, butalot of the time it is unintentional so law suits shouldn't be needed and some other means of musical justice should be reached in a different manner. Overall, Mussical plagarism, intentional or not, is here to stay and will be with us as long as music is.