Much of Bob Dylan's early work would have landed him in court for copyright theft, according to today's laws.Most of the songs that Bob Dylan released between 1961 and 1963 drew heavily from America folk classics. A common practice which, at the time, fell under the standard of "fair use."
But ever since the late '90s when the US Congress, at the behest of the Walt Disney Company, changed the nature and length of intellectual property copyrights, the "borrowing" that was once considered part of folk tradition became potential copyright infringement.
I'm sure some of you are thinking, But I never liked Dylan anyway. Well, consider this: Since Dylan begat Will.I.Am (at least according to Pepsi) no Dylan means you would have never heard that wonderful "Lady Lumps" song.
