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What else do Canada and Israel have in common (copyright related)?

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In my latest post I noted that Canada and Israel share a common copyright heritage. Here's a trivia question: What else, copyright related, do Canada and Israel have in common?

Answer below...

Answer:  The melodies of both countries' national anthems  (choose whichever term you like)

  • are inspired
  • borrow
  • build on
  • plagiarize
  • steal
  • pirate

previous popular musical works of their time.

"O Canada", composed by Calixa Lavallee in 1880, bears a great resemblance to the "Marsch der Priester" (March of the Priests), from Mozart's The Magic Flute.  Click to listen:


O Canada


March of the Priests

The melody of Israel's "Hatikvah" is based on a European folk song, which had also been famously used by Czech composer Bed?ich Smetana in his symphonic poem Má vlast as "Vltava" (Die Moldau).

Compare:

Hatikvah

Vltava

Full post as published by University of Toronto Law School Faculty Blog on December 17, 2007 (boomark / email).

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