No Affidavits: Too Many Indiscretions in the Closet?
I previously mentioned the "It Isn't Easy to be Dan Brown" thread on Lee Goldberg's Writer's Life blog, but it -- and other data that is coming in from various sources can offer us some perspective on Dan Brown's statements and why there is no affidavit from him. Or Jason Kaufman. Or Blythe Brown.
There is, of course, Dan Brown's often repeated statement that he wrote a song called "Peace in Our Time" that was played in the 1996 Olympics?
His repeated statement can be found here:
Boston Globe
Dan Brown's web site
Author listing
Melbourne Post
But Brown's statement is at odds with the following record obtained from The U.S. Copyright Office?
18. Registration Number PA-454-455
Title Peace in our time / A. Hill, P. Sinfield.
Note Performed by aJennifer Holiday.
In 1988 Summer Olympics album/One moment in time. 1 compact disc
Claimant Virgin Music (Pubs), Ltd.
Created 1988
Published 26Sep88
Registered 1May89
Author on © Application words & music aPete Sinfield & aAndy Hill.
Miscellaneous C.O. corres.
Special Codes 3/M/L
To verify the information, you, dear blog reader, can go here: http://www.copyright.gov/records/cohm.html
Then search for Peace in our time (use the music option. No need to use "")
Next check the box for Peace in our time, click the radio button for "full record display" then hit submit.
Scroll down to #18 to see the listing above.
THEN, use your browser's "search in this page" function to look for "brown" as you load each of the three pages of listings.
Then ask yourself: how is it that there's not a song by Dan Brown listed here?
The other question would be how songwriters Pete Sinfield & Andy Hill feel about having their song misappropriated.
There is, of course, Dan Brown's often repeated statement that he wrote a song called "Peace in Our Time" that was played in the 1996 Olympics?
His repeated statement can be found here:
Boston Globe
Dan Brown's web site
Author listing
Melbourne Post
But Brown's statement is at odds with the following record obtained from The U.S. Copyright Office?
18. Registration Number PA-454-455
Title Peace in our time / A. Hill, P. Sinfield.
Note Performed by aJennifer Holiday.
In 1988 Summer Olympics album/One moment in time. 1 compact disc
Claimant Virgin Music (Pubs), Ltd.
Created 1988
Published 26Sep88
Registered 1May89
Author on © Application words & music aPete Sinfield & aAndy Hill.
Miscellaneous C.O. corres.
Special Codes 3/M/L
To verify the information, you, dear blog reader, can go here: http://www.copyright.gov/records/cohm.html
Then search for Peace in our time (use the music option. No need to use "")
Next check the box for Peace in our time, click the radio button for "full record display" then hit submit.
Scroll down to #18 to see the listing above.
THEN, use your browser's "search in this page" function to look for "brown" as you load each of the three pages of listings.
Then ask yourself: how is it that there's not a song by Dan Brown listed here?
The other question would be how songwriters Pete Sinfield & Andy Hill feel about having their song misappropriated.
posted by Lewis Perdue at 5/14/2005 08:46:00 AM
7 Comments:
That's not in the quote and NOT attributed to Fasman.
A source tells me: "It came from an entry in John Braheny's "The Craft and Business of Songwriting."
Brown has consistently claimed to have written that song for the olympics.
I also wonder why Bertelsmann, the parent company of Random House took this page off its site?
Hmmm, wonder if they thought it was too hot to handle.
Yes, I have an extensive archive of pages like this so that they can run from the truth, but they can't hide from the past.
What about the actual song played at the Olympics? Records of it?
The song played at the 1988 Olympics -- the real song, not DBrown's plagiarized fabrication -- is available at Amazon as part of an album.
I saw that one in a search.
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