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From: evan@petfe.UUCP (Evan Marcus)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Another example of plagiarism I had never heard before
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Date: Mon, 22-Jul-85 12:51:02 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul 22 12:51:02 1985
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Who remembers the song Steal Away, by Robbie Dupree.  (A one hit wonder,
I believe)  Anyway, I heard on the radio last night, that he was sued by
Michael McDonald and the Doobie Bros for sounding too much like them.
After listening to the song with that in mind, I agree. The Doobies had
a good solid case, but I don't know about the legal ramifications of
mimicking a group's individual sound.

Listen to the song sometime and see.  it's pretty remarkable.

Anyway, the dj said that they went to court over it.  He said he never
heard the result of the case and wondered if anyone else had.  Nobody called,
so i guess not.  Anybody know anything?

--Evan Marcus

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