I love this subject. Songuard. Never heard of that! Cool.

Paul Zollo just published his follow up tome, "More Songwriters on Songwriting"... He interviewed John Prine who talked about mailing himself his first recording (I don't remember if it was reel to reel?, and lyrics), before he was discovered. This was Hello In There, and Donald & Lydia, et al... Wow... He said he'd forgotten about it and it was unopened for 20 years (or something like that). Pretty funny. "The Mailman Delivers."

Paul also interviewed James Taylor and one subject was "Something In the Way She Moves," "Something", and George Harrison. It was pretty cool. JT didn't point a finger, said there were similarities but words are finite and there's nothing new under the sun.

But labels & publishers...$$$....they battled it out for what, 15 years?

Good luck with your letter or email or webpage as Exhibit "A." If there's real money involved, that is not self-proving evidence and you won't find a patent attorney to represent you without a 12-month* retainer.

Sure, the odds are slim, and if someone stole from me I'd probably wear it as a badge of honor.

But.....you know.... $$$$.....

Andy

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