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Originally Posted by johnS
This Petty/Peppers excercise illustrates why it's pretty much impossible to copyright a chord progression. (How many Blues guys would be suing the pants off each other if you could copyright that one chord progression--you know the one.)
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That npr story actually goes into a little bit of copywrite law with a musicologist. He mentions something about the bassline being very important when considering whether or not something is plagiarized. In my opinion there are just too many little things that can differ from one song to the next. Let the fans decide. If they like the chile peppers song whether or not it sounds like any other song is a moot point.