Just found out about this:
Children of the Sixties might notice a resemblance between that song and this one:
(Yes, I’m using the studio version and not the Woodstock one, because it helps highlight the similarities)
Kid Ory’s estate sued Country Joe in 2001. The case was dismissed because it took 34 years for Ory’s estate to press charges.
http://mcir.usc.edu/cases/2000-2009/Page...ryjoe.html
Meanwhile, Randy California’s estate can wait 43 years to sue Led Zeppelin over a much less substantial suit, and it’s still open. The next time there’s any development in the case, I’ll bring this up.
Well, it only goes to show how malleable the law really is.
Children of the Sixties might notice a resemblance between that song and this one:
(Yes, I’m using the studio version and not the Woodstock one, because it helps highlight the similarities)
Kid Ory’s estate sued Country Joe in 2001. The case was dismissed because it took 34 years for Ory’s estate to press charges.
http://mcir.usc.edu/cases/2000-2009/Page...ryjoe.html
Meanwhile, Randy California’s estate can wait 43 years to sue Led Zeppelin over a much less substantial suit, and it’s still open. The next time there’s any development in the case, I’ll bring this up.
Well, it only goes to show how malleable the law really is.
Comparing the Universal Oneness of All Life to Yo Mama since 2010.
I was born with the gift of laughter and a sense the world is mad.
I was born with the gift of laughter and a sense the world is mad.