[Harp-L] Re: Plagarism

["Glenn Weiser" <celticguitar1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:13:51 -0400
From: "Peace_Tolero" <celtiac@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] plagarism
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> Does that mean every time I do a third-string bend up to the 2nd string and
> then high E at the nut of my strat, I am plagiarizing Clapton?  Or when I
> double-string bend 2nd and 3rd strings at the 8th and 9th frets, I'm
plagiarizing Chuck Berry?

Sheesh!

I was unaware that Little Walter and Sonny Boy had copyrighted their riffs.
Damn!

PEACE
Scott
Believe in Magic!

Scott-

I'm not talking about taking a riff from somewhere. Everybody takes riffs, 
and even copyright laws lets you take, I think 4 bars from a song for use a 
quote.
I talking about taking entire classic blues harp solos note for note and 
splicing them into other songs with no attribution.
I once told Carey Bell that I had written out 70 Little Walter solos (the 
book is still unpublished after many years). He asked if I could play Juke. 
I played some of it for him. Then he asked if I played Little Walter's solos 
onstage. I said, no, I tried to improvise my own thing. He approved and said 
that was the right idea.
Personally, I frown on what this current artist is doing. Whether or not 
it's a copyright violation is probably a gray area, but I think it's 
artistically dishonest in any case.

-Glenn