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Re: plagiarism (still off-topic)



 
 But if you
independently come up with a tune, or a Limerick, never having seen or
heard an earlier, copyrighted example of that sequence of notes or of
words, then you cannot successfully be sued for copyright infringement.
 
The problem is, and inideed George Harrison's problem was, that the judge decided he must have once heard it even if he couldn't remember hearing it.  Worse, the judge delved into the subconscious.  What proof is there that the subconscious is anything more than a convenient intellectual construct used to explain mysteries to the satsifaction of the explainer?
Fred Gross