Chord Progessions Copyrighted?

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its funny how everybody has such different opinions on this. But that still doesnt answer the question of how close it has to be to be infringement. Ice ice baby wasnt the same but sounded similar and he still got burned.
 
Parodies aren't considered infringement. Weird Al most likely gets permission anyway. Copyright registration doesn't guarantee anything, just that there is a filing of the song on a specific date that you can use in a case. Anyone can sue anyone for anything. Unregistered copyrights are still copyrights, you can still loose if you're up against an unregistered copyright. It's only one layer of protection, not a cure-all. There are 2 copyrights, the author and the publisher. Copyright is guaranteed by the Constitution and is no longer dependent on making your claim by filing.


Disclaimer: I am not a laywer and nothing in this post is considered legal advice.
 
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