The place:
The editorial office of a well-known italian newspaper

The characters:
Mr. Venceslao Guido Maria Vien Dal Colle (the editor)
Ms. Laudomia Grazia Maria Orimbelli Del Santo Sepolcro (a journalist)

The day and the time:
September 14, 2006, 8.33 p.m.

The journalist: Mr. Vien Dal Colle, can I enter?... I’ve just received some notes from Mr. Guidobaldo Serbelloni Mazzanti Vien Dal Mare... He’s made a search on the Web... Maybe we have a scoop for our cultural page...

The editor: A scoop?... What's it all about?

Well... The notes are a bit chaotic... I've just had a quick look... Anyway, it seems a case of musical plagiarism.

I see. And... who is the plagiarist?

Hmm... Wait... A certain Bob... Hmm... Bob Dylan!

Bob Dylan? I thought he was dead...

I don't know... Ah, no... that was Bob Marley...

Ah! Hmm... Bob Dylan... Dylan... Dylan... Wait a minute... Who is he? I have heard the name before...

Well... From what I have just read here... Listen, it could be that he is the guy who wrote the soundtrack for that Charlie Chaplin movie, "Modern Times"? Or maybe the guy who wrote a song about The Rolling Stones?...

Of course! "Like the Rolling Stones"! I do remember! That same Dylan who wrote that famous Guns and Roses' song! And... what kind of plagiarism is this one?

Let me see... Here it says that in his last album Dylan has plagiarized some lines... By another singer, I think... A certain Rod...

Rod Stewart...?

No, wait a minute... Let me read... Mr. Guidobaldo sent me these notes via fax... He has a very bad hand... A certain Tim Rod! It seems he is a Confederate poet...

Hmm... "Confederate poet"? A Swiss poet? Tell me, miss Orimbelli... This Dylan guy... What's the position of his album in the charts? Is it worthwhile to write an article about this story?

Hmm... Let me see the italian music charts... I’ve just received an update... Probably he is on the bottom... Hmm... 94th... 63th... 51th... No, maybe he hasn't even made it in the Top 100...  33th... 21th... Nothing. This is the Top 10: Tiziano Ferro... Ligabue... Iron Maiden... Nothing... no... Wait!

What?

Here he is! He's number one!!!

Number One??? Hell! That’s a big scoop! Okay, let's put it on the front page! Call Mr. Guidobaldo immediately... I want the article as soon as possible... A picture of Dylan, one of the album cover and one of that Swiss guy!

Hmm... Yes, but... wait a minute, Sir... I'm just reading the details... Looks like the critics say it's not plagiarism! Only a few words here and there, just a little bunch of lines...

Hmm... Let me see... Give me the notes...... Hmm... But it also says that a guy wrote that Dylan is a "little thieving swine"...

Yes, but it looks like he’s only a guy writing on Dylan Pool... Those strange guys, you know? He is crazy, probably...

Mmm... Miss Orimbelli, please! Don't be hasty!... Maybe he is a famous critic in incognito... Please, call Mr. Guidobaldo and tell him to write the article... A very harsh article! Title: "New Dylan Album Is A Plagiarism!"

As you wish, Mr. Vien Dal Colle. I'll call him immediately...

Anyway... what a misfortune!

What?

Nothing... I was just thinking... This Tim Rod guy... Who the fuck knows him? Who the fuck has even ever heard something about him? Bloody shit! Why the hell has Dylan plagiarized him and not, for example, Mogol! (Mogol is a famous italian lyricist)

I see! Or even Al Bano... (Al Bano is a famous italian singer and composer who brought an action against Michael Jackson for plagiarism)

Hell! Al Bano!!! You're right! That would have been a big scoop!

Even if... to tell the truth...

What...?

Well... To tell the truth... Mr. Guidobaldo also sent me Dylan's Lyrics...

And...?

… I’ve just read some lines here and there...

And so...?

For example... Listen to this line from "Thunder on the mountain": "The writing on the wall, come read it, come see what it say"... It may resemble Al Bano's line from the song "Ancora in volo"... The line that reads: "On the wall rebound our words"...

Mmm... Go ahead...

…And in "Nettie Moore" Dylan sings, "Gonna travel the world is what I'm gonna do"... And in "Nostalgia Canaglia", Al Bano sings, "Gonna travel the world to understand a little bit more..."

And then...?

Then there’s another line from "Thunder on the mountain"... "The sun will be here soon". It looks like that line from "Nel Sole", another famous Al Bano's song, "When the sun will return..." And don't forget that in the same song Al Bano sings, "Why are my thoughts always the same?" And Dylan, in "Someday baby", sings, " I keep recycling the same old thoughts"

Hell! I'll be damned if this is not a clear case of plagiarism!!!!!!!! Miss Orimbelli, you've done a very good job! Forget Mr. Guidobaldo... I'll let you write the article yourself! And tonight you are invited to dinner... We must celebrate the scoop! OK?