Comments on: Ray Lehmann on “Blurred Lines” case https://www.overlawyered.com/2015/03/ray-lehmann-on-blurred-lines-case/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 17 Mar 2015 18:16:07 +0000 hourly 1 By: Bill H https://www.overlawyered.com/2015/03/ray-lehmann-on-blurred-lines-case/comment-page-1/#comment-320452 Fri, 13 Mar 2015 04:19:37 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=51988#comment-320452 P.S. Tim Hulsey commenting on Overlawyered’s Facebook page (which you’ve liked, right?): “If this decision had been in force during the 1940s, nine-tenths of ‘be-bop jazz’ would never have occurred — no ‘Donna Lee,’ no Thelonious Monk, no 12-bar blues.” And @terryteachout on Twitter: “I now see that the judge instructed the jury to go by the sheet music only. If that’s the applicable standard, the verdict will definitely be reversed.”

I’m likely wrong, but it seems to me I saw somewhere that only 16 notes covers just about all music in recorded history. The possibility you’ll cover previously played ground is kinda high.

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