Open Source song - "Write Code With You"

[Tom Watts]

Scott Elcomb wrote:
>> On 8/2/06, Alex Beamish <talexb-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> Hmm ..
>>
>> http://www.lyricsfreak.com/a/adam+sandler/grow+old+with+you_20003919.html
>>
>> I would have to admit that the lyrics on that page do fit the chord
>> structure of Write Code With You pretty well. I was just doing a 
>> cover, so I
>> didn't think about whether or not I'd heard the song before.
>>
>> I wonder if that counts as Fair Use.
> 
> I hope so.  Growing old with Open Source would be good, but...
> 
> [...]
>> > On 8/2/06, Tom Watts <wattst-dxuVLtCph9gsA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> > Is it just me or is this song basically the same as the song that Adam
>> > Sandler plays for Drew Barrymore at the end of the movie "The Wedding
>> > Singer" (with different lyrics of course)?  I haven't seen anyone point
>> > this out yet so I was under the impression that I'm crazy or that it's
>> > very obvious to everyone else.
> 
> I've no idea; I've never seen the Wedding Singer.  I watch movies
> periodically (mostly sci-fi, horror, or documentaries) and gave up TV
> years ago.
> 
> We were having a couple beers and talking about the stuff that I'm
> into.  He picked it up and ran with some of the ideas.  It wasn't mean
> to be disrepectful in any way.
> 
> I'll pull up the gmane thread and see what the folks at Digital
> Copyright Canada think.  If there's a conflict, then I suppose we can
> take the files down and hopefully rework the music.
> 
> Murphy hates me.  I swear it.  >:(
> 

lol, sorry, I didn't mean to wear the hat of captain bringdown, but I 
think it's fine; I once heard a Christmas song on the Maccast podcast 
from the podsafe music network which was essentially a song I knew but 
with different lyrics.  If that's possible, I think this would be this 
is fine.

-Tom
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