At Scott,

Very few people know how the senses truly work, that even asleep, we are still open to outside stimuli. It is highly possible for people to hear things in their slumber, say, a few songs, and have it in their minds when they wake up. I don't know what they call this in other countries, but, in Manila/Philippines, we lovingly call this the Last Song Syndrome. We actually remember almost EVERYTHING that come across our way, whether visual or auditory.

As I mentioned, my initial reaction was maybe Jim bought the rights, but any which way, it wasn't really looking to good for him because he was adamant that song was his, and, it was apparent that it was posted in his website via links. Subsequently, those links were taken down, and Jim issued an apology.

This is where the it gets nasty. A LOT of people get plagiarized without even knowing about it.

And, unlike what the good doctor was intimating, we have a few of our countrymen who have plagiarized songs who have done the same thing as either pretending it to be their own, or playing dumb by claiming to have not heard of the ORIGINAL song. Plagiarism, after all is not a regional thing. That's why I posited a question, rather than a straight out statement.

I'm an advocate of originality. Sure, with 12 notes and a million cliches, we all understand that there would eventually be similarities, but, are we going to keep using that excuse, and let bygones be bygones with an apology and a settlement?


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