Fight Test, by Cat Stephens
  • flannel jesus
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    Fight Test is a song by the Flaming Lips. It's the opening to possibly their most famous album, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots.

    Some time after it was released, the singer song writer Cat Stephens sued - he argued that Fight Test is so similar to the Cat Stephens song "Father and Son" that Stephens should get writing credit and some percent of royalties from the song.

    He won the case.

    Now I want you guys to judge: listen to them side by side and tell me, should he really have won that case?
    https://youtu.be/Uj9y-kVpB_o
    1. If it were up to me... (5 votes)
        ...Cat Stephens would have won the case
        40%
        ...Cat Stephens would not have won the case
        60%
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  • RogueAI
    3.3k
    They don't sound anything alike to me.
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  • Jamal
    10.8k
    Things like this belong in the Lounge, so put it there yourself next time please.
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  • javi2541997
    6.6k
    Things like this belong in the Lounge, so put it there yourself next time please. — Jamal

    :up: :up:
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  • Tzeentch
    4.3k
    It depends what the law says, I suppose. But intellectual property rights are an abomination to begin with.
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  • AmadeusD
    3.6k
    I'm not against IP rights.

    They don't sound sufficiently similar to get me to take up the case, even. I wouldn't have had the client back for a second discussion. Cat Stevens is a dick. Also, for full disclosure: He didn't win.
    They settled. An extremely bad settlement borne out of Stevens having more, and more expensive lawyers.

    Additionally, Coyne's response to this was the weakest, most blithering apology for a non-event I've seen in popular music.
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