Bob Dylan & his law firm acquired a confidentiality order in a fifteen year plagiarism law suit designating all discovery materials including fifty hours of incriminating video taped depositions as confidential suppressing Plaintiff James Damiano’s first amendment rights to warn the public of Judicial favoritism and corruption.

Camden NJ June 2, 2009 -Few artists can lay claim to the controversy that has surrounded the career of songwriter James Damiano. Twenty-two years ago James Damiano began an odyssey that led him into a legal maelstrom with Bob Dylan that, to this day, fascinates the greatest of intellectual minds.

As the curtain rises on the stage of deceit we learn that CBS used songs and
lyrics for international recording artist, Bob Dylan. Bob Dylan’s name is credited to the songs. One of those songs is nominated for a Grammy as best rock song of the year. Ironically the title of that song is Dignity.

Since auditioning for the legendary CBS Record producer John Hammond, Sr., who influenced the careers of music industry icons Billy Holiday, Bob Dylan, Pete Seger, Bruce Springsteen and Stevie Ray Vaughan, James has engaged in a multimillion dollar copyright infringement law suit with Bob Dylan.

It is judicially uncontested by Bob Dylan and or Bob Dylan’s law firms Manatt, Phelps & Phillips , Parcher Hayes & Snyder, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, Heck Brown and Sherry and Sony House Counsel that Bob Dylan and people in Bob Dylan’s entourage have solicited James Damiano’s songs and music for over ten years and eleven months, as per the law suit.

District Judge Jerome B. Simandle states in his decision “This court will accept as true Plaintiff’s allegations that Sony represented to him that he would be credited and compensated for his work if Dylan used it. Judge Simandle also stated in his decision “Plaintiff has demonstrated a genuine issue of material fact as to whether defendants had access to his work.

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Richard Clark

uslawjournal

I think the songs from Brainwashed were great choices. I think the Bangla Desh Beatles songs represented a vitally important part of his solo career. He chose to do those Beatles songs for the Bangla Desh Concert. He did all 3 of them again when he toured in Japan. This CD isn't just for all the people who know and love his solo work. Many (younger) fans may have no idea he wrote and sang those 3 Beatles classics so it's providing them a better look at his body of work.

I thought Giles Martin did an amazing job. Phil Spector and Jeff Lynne brought a very different sound to the table but I feel like his work balanced that out enough where it was never an issue.

With the sequencing, we were introduced to 2 of his #1's to start the CD, the 3 Bangla Desh songs were spread out (5,14 and 17), the two movie tunes were very late (16 and 18), 5 of the first 6 songs were very early and the CD closed with Isn't It a Pity- a song that was so important he included it twice on ATMP.

Agreed. I'm dissapointed that songs from Dark Horse were omitted. The title song, “Ding, Dong, Ding, Dong”, and “Far East Man” were worthy of inclusion.

fhc

I agree with pretty much everything you said. They get some points for picking “I Don't Want To Do It” and the excellent “Any Road”, but other than that, it's a mess. Maybe I could take one live version of a Beatles song, but given George's feelings about The Best of George Harrison, even that's questionable. No “Crackerbox Palace”, “Dark Horse” (the Live In Japan version is wonderful, if they wanted to avoid the hoarse voice), or “Bangla Desh”? Indefensible.