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WriteWrong

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7. Musician. It's happened many times.

Reply to Tobin S. (Original post)

Fri Jun 1, 2012, 10:11 PM

Jun 2012

What's really annoying is when I do nothing with an idea but record it and keep it at home, and twenty or more years later, someone else does the same thing.

I've also seen enough musicians get busted for unconscious plagiarism that I can't help but wonder if you didn't see a preview of the show and forgot about it before you wrote your book.

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