Does George Harrison’s song “My Sweet Lord” infringe upon the musical ideas used by Ronald Mack’s in his tune “He’s So Fine” ?
The melody and chordal structure are clearly similar, but George Harrison’s lyrics and his use of softer vocals and an instrumental section produce a very different musical effect. Harrison uses a much slower tempo which combined with the guitar instrumental produces a folk music quality compared with Ronald Mack’s Mowtown pop sound in “He’s So Fine”.
These differences make “My Sweet Lord” a much different song from “He’s So Fine”, therefore George Harrison has no case to answer, there is no clear copyright violation.
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