Case Study 1

4. very similar and in some parts exactly the same.

i think plageurism cases are always difficult, especially in the creative fields.

i must say in this case apart the difference in sound , my Sweet Lord has a psychedelic sound going on where He`s So Fine is a lot cleaner and the lyrics are different apart from this, the songs are extremely similar and in some parts the same.

george harrison claims that he was subconsciously influenced.and didnt remember where he had found the song,.... this could be true...these things happen

he was not a literate songwriter he could`ve heard the song and forgotten he had heard it(there was a time lapse of quite few years between them)


a literate songwriter would be more likely to be conscious of where they are influenced in their songwriting.... apparently....

i have to say that what i do find interesting is that the whole band heard it including the extremely experienced and literate songwriters john lennon and paul mcartney and no-one picked up on the similarity between my sweet lord and he`s so fine.

not mention all the people involved in recording etc etc.

perhaps they were all just too scared to mention it! they didnt want to hurt georges feelings

or maybe the lord was stepping on in and protecting hmmmm or perhaps it was the drugs ...... its hard to know really .. but whatever the truth is, i don`t know, i would rather believe these things to be unintentional ...as is possible, but the cynic in me just thinks well ...what did you get out of that?

and then i guess at the end of the day does it matter really, they are different songs with very different intentions, they all made money out of it, they all got kudos from their songs, who was harmed?


the case needed to go to court.

even when there isn`t money to be made,(which adds a whole level of its own to the debate) it`s a basic courtesy to ask or acknowledge other peoples ideas if you decide to use them.

a basic respect and acknowledgement for other peoples ideas is necessary for an industry or group of any kind to function on a healthy level