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Thread #143527 Message #3313305
Posted By: GUEST,John Foxen
25-Feb-12 - 01:52 PM
Thread Name: Origins: First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Subject: RE: Origins: First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
In the absence of definite proof we should rely on the balance of probabilities.
On the one hand we have the testimonies of Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger.
We have the fact that MacColl's ownership has never -- until now -- been challenged even when considerable sums were at stake when Flack and Presley's recordings came out.
Usually if there is some dispute over copyright this is when it surfaces.
On the other hand we have an allegation by someone that Lynn can refer to only as "this person" who comes out with a very improbable story about someone nobody knows.
Unless Lynn's "person" can come up with more convincing evidence the balance of probabilities would suggest that this thread be filed away along with "World War Two Bomber found on the Moon" and "Alien carrot ate my husband",