I think I have narrowed my topic down to what constitutes copyright and plagiarism in the music industry. Currently, I have looked into the legal ramifications of Weird Al Yankovic and how his parodies of popular songs have changed the music industry. There are many examples of artists being angry with his songs even though they fall under the Fair Use clause. So after talking on Tuesday I have a few more narrowed questions. What constitutes a new piece of music? Is it the changing of one music note...of 3 notes...do you have to change the whole beat? What about lyrics? Can you keep the same music but change all the words? Some of the words?
