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From: rcj@burl.UUCP (Curtis Jackson)
Newsgroups: net.music,net.legal
Subject: Re: Song rights
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Date: Mon, 22-Jul-85 10:16:10 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul 22 10:16:10 1985
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Summary: 

In article <1196@sjuvax.UUCP> lyle@sjuvax.UUCP (lyle) writes:
>
>    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? 
>
Weird Al asks permission of the original artists and, if there is any
indication that there might be trouble, he drops the idea like a hot
potatoe.  From the context in the interview it sounded like he did not
get anything on paper, and that he did not legally need anything on paper.
Anyone else have more info?
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