I concur with Darius, on who's doing the REAL bullying.

On topic.

To properly cite an age-old adage, "where there's smoke, there's fire."

Sure, plagiarism happens all the time, because people always think they can get away with it. What ticked me off with Jim though is that he defended his position that the song was his, then later recanted and apologized. I shudder to think that I'll hear one of mine under another composer name, although, since it has happened to me before, I'm already prepared that it can happen again.

It is truly sad, that all we can do is accept his apology, and wait for the next plagiarized hit. But as songwriters, we should all be aware of what we do. When I write, I am always conscious first and foremost, if it sounds too much like an already existing song, so I I ask different people, the LISTENERS, if they can recognize any other songs. I've ditched a few songs just because of that, though, I did save the lyrics.

I honestly don't want to apologize later for one of mine songs and make excuses for it that it's "an honest mistake."


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