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Not a clue either!

That's not pedantic, it's accurate. Every case ever bought for any type of dispute at all is pedantic and it has to be. Hindsight doesn't work. If the other guy had shown ES had heard the song before then it certainly would not have been a waste of time, and with the granting of the declaratory relief it wasn't a waste of time for ES in any circumstance, even if the counter claim hadn't been made. There was enough of a triable case to mean than ES had to put a hold on a couple of million quid pending the outcome. And we also need to remember each side had their own music experts - those experts have to sign a Statement of Truth confirming that their duty is to the court and not their own client, and their pay is not allowed to be linked to the outcome of the trial. Trials proceeding because opposing experts cannot agree is common in all types of litigation where experts might be needed. Medical, engineering, accountancy etc etc. There will now be another hearing about the costs. The usual outcome is that the loser pays the winners costs "on the standard basis" - that means any doubt as to the reasonableness of the costs is resolved in favour of the paying party - the LOSER of the main event gets the benefit of the doubt and the costs payable will be smaller. If the loser has done something particularly unwise or has failed to accept a sensible offer made by the winner then the court can punish them for wasting everybody's time for all or part of the costs by making an "Indemnity Costs" order where any doubt as to reasonableness of the costs is resolved in favour of the receiving party - the winner (ES) and then the loser will have to pay a higher percentage of the winner's costs. The costs order will decide whether the judge thought the matter was a waste of time as a whole or in part. And now for the bigger picture - all cases form part of precedent. So while the other guy didn't get what he wanted, and ES did get the Order he wanted there might be other benefits from this case being run. The judge's very careful and indeed pedantic review of the music led to a conclusion that the melody structure being argued about is very common and that there's nothing special about it. This decision will now be used as a basis to help decide whether other songs that are similar to each other in the same sort of way are just using a common melody structure or if there are genuinely unique elements that have been copied. It's not a binding decision as it's only in the High Court and not in the CA, but it will be powerfully persuasive. It is now likely that a potential claimant in an IP related case will not even start the matter if the type of similarity doesn't go beyond the ES example. On the flip side, any defendant will now find it easier to defend such an action bought by an unwise claimant. It also means that if someone writes a song that last year they would not have released because it's too close to ES's song for the relevant few bars, they can now release it knowing ES probably can't sue them for that common element. We all know how inadequate IP law is in the modern world and in the absence of parliament getting round to re-writing the law the way the law develops is through precedent. So no - this hasn't been a waste of time. It's helped develop the law on the issue. Just like the process does in other areas of law where parliament has no interest in updating statute.

Perfect! Thank you.

I've picked up a lovely shortscale P. The existing pickup has very high poles and as I like to use the pickup top as a ramp that doesn't really work. In most basses I stick EMGs in but I'd like to keep this bass passive. Can anyone recommend a good covered P bass pickup, or at least one with visible poles that are flush with the plastic? Not looking to spend loads, the bass was under £150 so I don't want to put £150 pickup in it! Any ideas?

The old school nature of the pickups can be 'improved' (if that's your taste) by moving the plugs on the preamp. It takes about 10 mins and is reversible. No money needed.

I really liked them both. I prefered the P bass as a di, but the ray with an amp sim. I think the Ray needs that extra fat that a good amp gives it. They can be a bit thin sounding without, but then with a good amp - 'Nard Edwards is right there (probably my favourite stingray sound). I think the Ray just edges it for me, but it's really tight.

Yes. The Traveller ones are the cheaper ones. The Standard are the better ones. And then there's some unique things like the "Classic" and "New York" stuff.

As it is painfully clear that nobody in this thread has actually read the judgment here it is https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Ch/2022/827.html 1: Sheeran sued first for a declaration that there was no copyright theft, basically to stop the allegations. 2: Chokri then counter claimed Both issues were dealt with at the same hearing. So they both got their day in court and Sheeran needed his day in court too. The massive delays and underfunding in the criminal justice system were not affected at all by the time taken in this civil matter.

It was actually Sheeran that sued for declaratory relief first.

No. Because I want one too!

Sandberg Superlight TT4 (jazz), 6.5lb or sometimes lower!

Most of the time at home I use my Helix rack which is plugged into my PC as the interface / soundcard and a pair of Yamaha HS7 monitors. Before I got the helix I was using a Focusrite Scarlett (whatever the cheapest one was) with the HS7 pair, and a free plugin on the PC. It was perfectly fine and it was great playing along to youtube etc. If I'm on the move then I have a Audient ID4ii interface that plugs into my ipad with the free version of Amplitube for the sounds. And I've still got the Roland Bass Cube I bought probably 20 years ago now. That's in the bedroom so I can play when I'm banished upstairs to the 2nd telly when the wife & daughters are watching some talent show nonsense. If you've already got the Focusrite then a good pair of monitors will be a great start. Loads of free plugins about to get going. There are youtube vids about free plugins. AxeFX is not a plugin - it's a rack or floor unit that can be controlled by an app on screen that looks like a plugin. There is a PC version of the helix software called "Helix Native" but it's over £300 on it's own.

Sandberg TT4 superlight. It's just ace. I'd love another one for flatwounds one day.

Mammoth WVH. thought I'd finally get round to seeing if Wolfgang can write a tune. Turns out he can. It's not worldbreaking or anything, but it's a solid album and I like it.

When I play a 5 strings I often drop the B string to A. Simple reason - I often have to play piano parts and the lowest note on a concert grand is that A so I can play the part as intended. For guitar use - I'm usually in D-D or C-C because over the years my voice has got deeper and as the songs I wrote already used the lowest notes I had nowhere else to go for transposing the tune downwards. Lowering the tuning of the guitar also means I don't have to relearn the songs for different fingerings which I would have to do if I got a 7 string and kept it in concert standard tuning. That would be a massive faff especially with any part that used open strings a lot.

I’ve got PLI with my equity membership.

Almost all of them are custom made so you can get them for any position.

That is a real bargain! I have a 2012 Special and it's lovely. The main differences for me for playing comfort is that the neck is a little thinner front to back and the body is slightly thinner too. So it has a lower weight. Very nice basses. I swapped the tuners for Hipshot Ultralights to get the weight even lower and now it weights 7 3/4 lb.

I vote for: 1:Sandberg Superlight TT5 or TM5. But they will also make the V (precision) series in superlight as a custom order if you want. 2: Ibanez EHB. Both lovely instruments. IIRC Bass Direct have a TM5 in stock at the moment.

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I have sometimes matched them in the past but then found that some cabs aren't actually the best choice with their own brand head and vice versa.