[Fmpro] Is this plagarism?

[JJB]

Why not ask the producders to make a deal with the composer of "hockey 
night in canada" if there is such a person, so that you can use as much 
as you want? Or, just call that person / organization and ask them how 
they feel about what you have already written. Perhaps you can even go 
through LicenseMusic.com or the Harry Fox agency and license it online.

 - Joel

Peter Wetzler wrote:
> I'm currently scoring the 3rd season of a dark comedy series called  
> "Rentagoalie" and the producer asked that I score a montage with the  
> feel of "Hockey Night in Canada" which, for those of you unfamiliar  
> with the culture of our northern neighbors, has been called Canada's  
> second national anthem.  I went ahead and took the four note vamp  
> intro and built a cue that had none of the melodic or harmonic changes  
> of "Hockey night in Canada" and the producers are afraid they will be  
> sued.  In the many years of appeasing producers' "can you make it  
> sound like...."  I've gone alot closer than I did with this to the  
> original and stayed within what I understand to be the legal limits of  
> copyright.  By simply inverting the interval of the vamp I know I  
> could make the cue totally "risk free"  but I'd love to get a second  
> opinion before I rewrite.  The "Hockey Night in Canada" theme is  
> here:  http://www.imeem.com/ihun/music/K1S4j9Z0/hockey_night_in_canada_origin/
> and I've posted the themelike portion of the montage here:  Reel http://web.mac.com/peterwetzler
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