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You can't get sued for a riff or a chord progression. It's the melody.
There are a million riff rip-offs. You can't get sued for that. I think it's only if the melody of the vocals has more than 5 notes in a row with the same pitch and duration. I may be way off because I can't back that up. It's just something I think I once heard or read.
You can't get sued for a riff or a chord progression. It's the melody.
A riff is a melody though.
Eck
I'm no lawyer, but from my understanding, in the US at least, the lyrics and the melody are what constitute a song. Not the chord progression or the rhythm.
Exactly.
Eck, I don't think it's a subjective thing. I couldn't be bothered to Google it, but I'm pretty sure there are specific guidelines. Like I was saying, it's something like 5 notes in a row from the melody of the VOCALS. Now, interpreting how close 2 songs are might be subjective, but I'm pretty sure there is a formula to follow.