Still Got the Blues = Plagiarism ? (plágio ? )

On December 3, 2008, a Munich, Germany court ruled that the guitar solo in Moore's hit, "Still Got the Blues," was plagiarized from a little known (at least outside of Germany) song published in 1974 called "Nordrach" by the German band Jud's Gallery. [1] Moore has denied knowing of the song, due to its unavailability on record or CD at the time of studio work on his album; the court stated that the song could have been heard on the radio or in a live performance during that time. The court also stated that there was no evidence that the guitar solo was lifted from "Nordrach," but copyright infringement does not depend on outright theft. It is unknown at this time if Moore will appeal the decision. Moore was ordered to pay Juergen Winter, leader of Jud's Gallery, an undisclosed amount in damages.


Português :
Em 3 de dezembro de 2008, uma corte alemã de Munique declarou o solo de "Still Got the Blues", um dos solos de guitarra mais conhecidos e fabulosos ,ser um plágio de uma canção desconhecida (ao menos fora da Alemanha) publicada em 1974 chamada "Nordrach", da banda alemã Jud's Gallery. Gary negou conhecer a música, alegando que esta era indisponível em gravações ou CD na época em que ele gravou o álbum. A corte reconheceu que não havia evidência de que o solo de guitarra havia sido copiado de "Nordrach", mas uma violação de copyright independe da qualificação do furto. Não se sabe se Gary irá apelar da decisão, que obriga Gary Moore a pagar direitos autorais ao líder do Jud's Gallery.

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[danielworks]

i would like to remember everyone that im not saying he copied Nordach`s solo...i`ve uploaded this solos for who had`nt listened the solos.

RIP GARY ! WE LOVE YOU

[punkaru]

This is the biggest scum I've seen regarding music!!! These German asshole band, used the case to 1)regain publicity 2)get some money from Gary 3)continue to play live in order to "legalize" the court's decision... what this guitar player is doing now is openly plagiarizing Moore's solo, instead of playing his own shit he played back in 1974!

They should shoot that fucked up judge for bringing injustice!

[danielworks]

@punkaru note that i`m not saying nothing , if it is or not. i`ve just uploaded this songs to who haven`t listened yet both versions as i hadn`t listened before .

[paulypaulification]

Black people stole the blues from whitey because they were playing guitar and singing with in misery before they knew what a guitar was. I bet whitey actually did the blues first because he did everything else first! Cars,Trains,Planes,and Freaken Spacecraft.Put that in your pipe and smoke it!!! PLAGIARISM

[ImiBagPiticul]

@TeslaAether Exactly. And there are notes which are not played in the same rotation and some notes which are not included AT all in Garry's version nor from Garry's version to Jud's Gallery's version. It is very messed up....and I believe because of this, the judge should not have agreed on any of this...because they both sound different....

Garry was maybe influenced by hearing the song...it is a MAYBE possibility....but he DID NOT COPY OR PLAYED THE SAME NOTES. IT IS 100% CLEAR TO MY EARS

[ImiBagPiticul]

@adrianoddr2 Yeah...but I bet any money they cannot play Yngwie's version. So they prolly decided to drop any charges against him because of that. LOL

[ImiBagPiticul]

@weelanj it feels bad...but also how would you feel, you are Mozart, someone steals Minuet in G from you and adds some parts to it, and then you (Mozart) decides to play the song with the part of someone who added some parts to it ? I thini the whole thing is fake....I think Mozart did not like his version from the beginning and decided to use that someone's version better....To me this does not sound like Plagiarism but Jealousy.

[ImiBagPiticul]

Omg. The guy in the German band called Jud's Gallery is actually not playing his solo but uses the solo notes from Garry's song....OMG....THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE because these guys never wrote the notes in such melody in 1972 (I have the demo session). This is freakin' ridiculous!!!!!!!!!

[fabiokaragua1]

The first time I heard Jud's Gallery Nordach original version many years ago I think about this plagiarism

!!! It's so clear!!!

[peg567]

I disliked this video purely because those German scum are on it, Gary Moore was and always will be the best guitarist I've ever herd I was lucky enough to see him live and he really could get that guitar to cry. I don't believe he stole this song for 1 minuet, but if he did he took a shit song and make it into a masterpiece. R.I.P. Gary Moore (sorely missed)

[punkaru]

@weelanj

I'll be happy for him! But the point is: the ORIGINAL song, which should be posted here (!), has nothing to do with Still got the Blues, in recent performances by the German band of their song, it has been played to sound like Gary's Still got the blues, and NOT sound like its original version! This is why I, among others, seriously doubt the claim for plagiarism and the court's decision! The "plagiarism frenzy" in Germany in recent years, most probably contributed to that decision too!

[weelanj]

@punkaru l think gary is great but how would u feel if u created something and someone stole it and made millions off it??

[irimawen]

@dezman160 With all due respect, if you hear Still Got the Blues and the original song, the similarity is still there - the initial notes of the main riff just ARE almost identical, if not completely. Different speed, but it's there. Thast still doesn't mean Gary stole it. Great minds think alike, plus with the limited scale it's just bound to happen over and over again that two people come up with the same melody. Still Got the Blues still is and will remain a masterpiece. <3