[johnfowles]

Originally Posted by charlene

Kevin Costner spoke very eloquently about Whitney Houston..I am glad the whole thing was not a 3 ring cirucs as was Michael Jacksons funeral.

I also recalled the lawsuit but at times when I tried posting the links here and online the site was down and then I forgot about it..lol and I could never find the end result of the lawsuit..

after some threads that seem to be being mostly ignored (my thread on a new bootleg has been viewed 455 times with just a single response and that was my own!!
I was inordinately pleased to see that somebody had resonded to my thread on Whitney Thank you Char
I did some googling and found
http://www.mylespaul.com/forums/cell...ip-offs-2.html
In response to which a Mr Moff from Vancouver Island said just about year ago
"I believe Gordon Lightfoot was successful in his lawsuit against Michael Masser who stole 24 bars from "If You Could Read My Mind" for "The Greatest Love of All", which had been a hit for Whitney Houston.
and I read from
http://zedequalszee.com/2008/10/01/c...-read-my-mind/
"If You Could Read My Mind." If you’ve never heard the song before, and part of it sounds familiar, you might be familiar with Whitney Houston’s "Gretest Love of All." Lightfoot sued its songwriter, Michael Masser, alleging that Masser lifted part of the melody ("I don’t where we went wrong, but the feeling’s gone, and I just can’t get it back" in the Lightfoot song lines up with "I decided long ago, never to walk in anyone’s shadow" in the Houston version). They settled out of court and Masser publicly apologized.
Needless to say, the Johnny Cash version (and even the Lightfoot original) blows the Whitney Houston song out of the water."
Hear Hear!!