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Thread started 02/23/24 5:20am

Ramzoo

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"Willing And Able"

Can't we say that it contains lines from "Is This Love" from Bob Marley ?

"Ah, ah, ah, I'm willing and able
So I throw my cards on your table"

"Money won't buy U happiness but it'll pay 4 the search."
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Reply #1 posted 02/23/24 11:54am

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Pretty similar, but there are probably 50 other songs with very similar phrasing.

I remember some court case about music copyright and lyrics. They had some music expert on the stand which listed 100 other songs with either similar lyrics, or a similar musical motif; showing that the phrase in question wasn't as unique as the songwriter thought it was.

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