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news... en-us Techdirt. Stories filed under "homage" Wed, 7 Nov
2012 11:44:00 PST Is Using A Single Lyric From A Musician You're
A Fan Of 'Theft' Or 'An Homage'? Mike Masnick copying a single
lyric from a singer for whom she'd long expressed admiration.
That singer, Matt Nathanson, responded the way any normal person
would: by being happy about the homage and recognizing how it
might draw more attention... I'm sorry, what was I saying? I
meant that he called one of his biggest fans, who just happens
to be a hugely popular singer with a ridiculously loyal
following, a thief. In case you were wondering: Here’s the
Taylor Swift line:   Here’s Matt Nathanson’s:  Considering that
Swift has admitted that Nathanson is a personal favorite, and
that she sometimes scribbles his lyrics on her arm before
performing (?!?!?), it's unlikely to be a case that both of them
came up with the lyric independently, though it's not exactly
the most original lyric.  Eithe