Perhaps, but I don't think a small quote was even thought of as piracy, but homage.

Paul Desmond was famous for quoting snippets of melodies of songs from famous songwriters in his improvised solos. Songwriters who were still living and making a fortune on Broadway, Pop, and Cinema markets. They certainly could have and had the ASCAP/BMI guns plus money for lawyers. I just don't think they cared.

Now stealing enough to hurt the original is a different thing.

Personally, I think they are going too far with the lawsuits and quite a few should be thrown out. It's come more to gold digging than anything else IMHO.

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