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From: lyle@sjuvax.UUCP (lyle)
Newsgroups: net.music,net.legal
Subject: Song rights
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Date: Fri, 19-Jul-85 15:52:35 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 19 15:52:35 1985
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    I have just finished listening to a few songs by Weird Al Yankovick (sp??).
One was 'I want a new duck' and the other was 'Like a surgeon'. Now I know
that these songs resemble their popular counterparts in ever respect except
the words. What are the legal barriors that entertainers/performers like
these must overcome in order to use another performers song in a seemingly
strange manner? 


					Wayne Lyle