Estoy suscrito a la newsletter de Bob Lefsetz, un abogado especializado en la industria del entretenimiento en general, con un montón de contactos en el mundo de la música.
Tiene un blog
http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/ del cual me llegan todas las entradas por e-mail. Además, diferentes personalidades le contestan o le cuentan historias y él hace "mailbags", con los mejores mensajes.
Es en uno de estos que Ellen Shipley, la autora de la canción de la Carlisle junto a Rick Nowels, cuenta la historia (la pongo aquí porque estas recopilaciones de e-mails no están disponibles en el blog de este señor):
"[...] Speaking of "personal":
When "Heaven Is A Place On Earth" went to number 1 on the charts, Bon Jovi sued me for plagiarism that same week.
I remember how he called me on the phone and told me it wasn't "personal"... I hung up the phone and threw-up my Thanksgiving dinner.
My reaction to everyone suggesting I give him a piece of the publishing to end the fight was: I took out a second mortgage on my brownstone in Brooklyn and fought the boys until it finally "went away" -- but not before it all took the joy right out of my ride. It disappeared into the void of lost lawsuits when one of the co-writers realized that I wasn't going to be "friends" with him any longer.
He tried to convince me it wasn't "personal" and we could still be buddies. He was so shocked that I took it all so "personally". Right.
It's just business. Just like Cobain singing Bon Jovi; just like the Insurance Companies denying my 24 yr. old healthy daughter coverage!!??!
Just like being ripped off by Publishing Companies. None of it is "personal". It's all about money. M-O-N-E-Y.
I have a particularly bad taste in my mouth right now.
I'm pissed off at all of it and yes, it's PERSONAL!
Don't forget that.
Ellen [...]
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