Talk:Oh, Pretty Woman
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What an amazing experience. I saw this article in Recent Changes and cruised over to check it out because I used to be in a band that did this song. The article was kind of skimpy, so I did a Google search to see if I could add anything. I was stunned to find that the song had been the subject of a Supreme Court decision greatly expanding the fair use doctrine, with all kinds of tantalizing side issues. So, the moral of this story is, always look it up first, even if you think you are just writing a courtesy stub. Ortolan88
From what I understand, it is not fair use to reprint lyrics in their entirety. Kingturtle 03:42 17 May 2003 (UTC)
- This is a quote from the Supreme Court case, case law is considered to be in the public domain, considering the legal importance of the case, the comparison of the lyrics of the song should be studied. I've added notices to make it clear that there is a claim to it being fair use as it is central to understanding a very important contemporary issue in an evolving area of copyright law. Perhaps we should wait until one of these copyright holders contact the designated agent of Wikipedia and then convince his lawyers not to remove it because it may be fair use and then let them sue to create new case law on fair use. OCILLA does give the ISP 10 days after an infringement claim is made to determine if there is infringement, during that period ISP is sheltered from being sued. If this happens (I doubt it) it should get lots of publicity for Wikipedia. No? (...also for the songs, probably even sell a few records...) — Alex756 04:23 17 May 2003 (UTC)
So. Pretty Woman or Oh, Pretty Woman? -- Zoe
- Maybe Pretty Woman as there are two works discussed on this page that are called Pretty Woman (the film (or is it movie) and the song). Alex756
- The song's title is "Oh, Pretty Woman". It is no more correct to call it "Pretty Woman" than it is to suggest that "American Pie" is titled "Pie". Bonalaw 12:27, 25 Aug 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Albert King Song?
I just wondered whether anyone knew enough about the other song Oh, Pretty WOman, recorded by Albert King on a Stax Records release, and also by Gary Moore on his album Still Got the Blues, to be able to add it to this page? It is an entirely different song, but I believe worth mentioning. I believe the lyricist is named AC Williams, but cannot be certain. Holypeanut 22:42, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
The song was written by AC Williams but I haven't been able to uncover more details. It is a wonderful song and I wonder if it was inspired by the Orbison version. [James Almond 13 Nov 2006]
Does somebody have a reference for the coment of the beatles cover in the White album [Daniel 1 Feb 2006]
