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Originally Posted by tucsonspeed6
I think this story is just a rumor. It reminds me of back when Metalica was all sue happy with a Napster and all, and there was a rumor that they had interest in patenting several musical chords that they felt were major influences on their music. In a related story, every punk rock band in America protested the move because with the lack of the three easiest chords that can be played on the guitar, their music would be just a barbershop quartet and some drums.
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That was a joke that someone set up on a page designed to look exactly like a news page off of Met's site.
Through sheer stupidity, people spread it until it became fact to some.
Anyways, the story was that Met trademarked or patented a chord progression, I think it was E to F. It was some similar bastardisation of a leading tone progression. Anyways, that was a joek, and was never reported as news.
This has been reported on many news sites. As sad as it may be, this is real news. Now, Trump may be doing it as a joke or publicity stunt, but that's a different story.
And to further the unrealistic nature of the claims, no "punk" act these days has the musical capacity to be a barbershop quartet.
