Introducing
Your new presentation assistant.
Refine, enhance, and tailor your content, source relevant images, and edit visuals quicker than ever before.
Trending searches
No FairUse does not apply to the George Harrison vs The Chiffons case. George Harrison was not using any of the terms that can be used to applied to the FairUse policy. Some of them would be criticizing , commentary, or parody, he didn't use any of those. He used it to make money out of the song. Public domain does not apply to this case. Even thought the music is for the public, you cannot plagiarize or copy the chorus like George Harrison did.
The Chiffons were an all-girl group originating from the Bronx area of New York in 1960. The group was origionally a trio of schoolmates: Judy Craig, Patricia Bennett, and Barbara Lee; at James Monroe High School in the Bronx. In 1962 at the suggestion of songwiter Ronald Mack the trio added Sylvia Peterson .
How it was settled
George Harrison lost this lawsuit when a judge said he "subconsciously plagiarized" The Chiffons tune on My Sweet Lord. He was ordered to pay Bright Tunes Music, who owned the copyright, $587,000. Disputes over damages lingered on into the 1990s, with Harrison's manager Allen Klein changing sides by buying Bright Tunes, which published He's So Fine, and continuing the lawsuit after parting ways with Harrison. Harrison ended up being the owner of both songs. The Chiffons actually did a version of My Sweet Lord, if only to amuse people like me, and it can be found on the album The Best of The Chiffons. I guess if you're powerful, and you copy someone, just buy them out and make them pay you to cover your song.