chudenk Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 http://www.entlawdigest.com/2012/09/06/1772.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kueller Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racket Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 ' Bollfrass also claims the cover of "The Resistance" has an image that the band stole from the storyboards of his rock opera.' Yea well I came up with the 'Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma' bit of Madness in 1990. WHERE'S MY FUCKING MONEY WARNER?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiga Kagekami Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 Should be interesting to take note of if anything happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougwalters Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 Yyyyeeahhh good luck buddy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niall Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 I wonder if by "contacted Muse" he means "sent and email to board@muse.mu that Kev and Blee didn't even read". I've been "contacted" multiple times. I wonder if my inbox will become evidence some time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarrieB Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 Oh dear! This guy is surely a fraudster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racket Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 I wonder if by "contacted Muse" he means "sent and email to board@muse.mu that Kev and Blee didn't even read". I've been "contacted" multiple times. I wonder if my inbox will become evidence some time Ah, all my emails to that, and tweets to the Wolsty man himself, that Chris should take over vocals on a few songs....KERCHING Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niall Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 It's the cover art things which sort of gives this away as nonsense, unless Muse conspired with La Boca to rip it off, so La Boca spent the years up until 2009 making artwork that looks a bit like so they could get away with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beibi Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 I can't help but Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forevermusic Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 Isn't there a bizarre lawsuit like this every few weeks in America? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kueller Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 I should email Niall some crazy ideas and hope that the next Muse album ends up being one of them. Then I can sue Warner for $10 and a Slurpee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarrieB Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 I read 1984 just before Muse did an album based on 1984. They must have telepathically stolen my thoughts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garseys Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 "Bollfrass also claims the cover of "The Resistance" has an image that the band stole from the storyboards of his rock opera" La Boca should also be sued in that case. Is this lawsuit against the actual music or the intellectual property of exogenesis (e.g. name, and theme of song) ? Honestly don't see this one getting far at all, and why did he wait until now to sue, surely he would have started proceedings back in 2009 in that case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girl Anachronism Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 "Bollfrass also claims the cover of "The Resistance" has an image that the band stole from the storyboards of his rock opera" La Boca should also be sued in that case. Is this lawsuit against the actual music or the intellectual property of exogenesis (e.g. name, and theme of song) ? Honestly don't see this one getting far at all, and why did he wait until now to sue, surely he would have started proceedings back in 2009 in that case. From what I understood, it's on the idea and story inspiring Exogenesis. Meh, I'm not convinced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garseys Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 From what I understood, it's on the idea and story inspiring Exogenesis. Meh, I'm not convinced. Neither am I, I trust Warner's legal team to be able to destroy his case in court. He's gotta have fairly substantial evidence to prove me otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dekza Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 what if its true though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racket Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 what if its true though? Re-release of TR with a symphony about clowns escaping the circus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillyracer Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 Lots of idiots in the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girl Anachronism Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 Neither am I, I trust Warner's legal team to be able to destroy his case in court. He's gotta have fairly substantial evidence to prove me otherwise. I'm not an expert on copyright infringement law (and kind of wish I was) but as much as I can understand how a storyline may need some copyright protection when it comes to fictions (whether the medium is a tv series, a film, short film or a novel), I fail to see how it could benefit from such a protection when it comes to music. The melody can and should be protected but the idea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesseract Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 My guess is that the guy is lying, but even if he had thought of writing an epic song inspired by the concept of Exogenesis, I'm sure many other people have had that idea independently of him as well. At the most I see it as a coincidence. Not to mention the SFA video in 04 is already kind of about the concept of Exogenesis, so I doubt Matt got the idea from this guy. Finally, I don't think this suit would hold any more water than if he had suggested Matt write a love song and then later Matt writes a love song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serpentsatellite Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 Maybe if the story line presented wasn't unbelievably vague and sci fi cliche by now, he might have something... As it is, it's like saying someone ripped off the idea of a vampire/werewolf love story. Maybe. But if so, so did a million other writers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HannahG123 Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 what if its true though? He should be flattered not pissed off. It's not like they copied his music. And that's what a band is isn't it? They play MUSIC not draw pictures. this is lolworthy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjartrod Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 LOL, of all the artists that could sue Muse for copyright infringement Queen and Rachmaninov would be rich Three years after the album release? Right. And for an idea that you could NEVER imagine Matt coming up with on his own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alec Ferris Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 I'm not an expert on copyright infringement law (and kind of wish I was) but as much as I can understand how a storyline may need some copyright protection when it comes to fictions (whether the medium is a tv series, a film, short film or a novel), I fail to see how it could benefit from such a protection when it comes to music. The melody can and should be protected but the idea? Surely that just means any emo band whining about how their parents don't understand them can sue anyone who came after them making songs about exactly the same thing? NIN and Slipknot both wrote songs based on the book "The Collector", neither was sued or sued the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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