[linux-audio-user] Cactus Data Shield copy controlled cd's

[Daniel James]

> > What I meant was that if you ask a musician directly, they are
> > often modest and ready to acknowledge influences, where as the
> > marketing people come up with all that 'best band in the world'
> > or 'greatest singer of all time' stuff.
>
> Yes, that's usually the case, with notable braggart exceptions...
> <cough>Oasis</cough>

I actually heard one of the Gallagher brothers claim that the opening 
to 'Cigarettes and Alcohol' was not a direct lift from Get it On by T 
Rex (released as Bang a Gong in the US for some bizzare censorship 
reason). He claimed it was a standard blues riff - yeh, right. 

With four of the five members of T Rex now dead, I guess their estates 
didn't have the money to mount a legal challenge. I suppose that's 
what intellectual property is all about - if you can afford a team of 
lawyers, then you've got those rights.

Cheers

Daniel