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Robin Thicke loses 'Blurred Lines' lawsuit |
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But why should one songwriter get paid for another songwriter's work? It's a basic human right: if you create something, you own it unless you agree to transfer ownership to someone else. The length of the term of copyright is not the issue here because if Williams and Thicke[ plagiarised Gaye they should not make money from it.
On the other hand, if they didn't plagiarise him - which may still be the eventual ruling when this goes to appeal - the length of the term of copyright is still irrelevant because they will have been shown to have written the song themselves. So no, it's not ridiculous at all. It's only a problem if people plagiarise other people, which they absolutely should not do. All creative works should go out to the public domain once someone dies IMO. Perhaps 10 years after but not more than 30 years down the line, especially for something as silly as this. I mean it's not as if it's a blatant copy, and key it's not like the RT song affected sales of MG song, ie.there's been no loss. |
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He's dead and has been for 30 years, human rights don't come into it.
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Stupid ruling. The songs are so different. Similar rhythm but the feel of each song is utterly different.
This has to be overturned, surely? Remember back when there were a load of songs that all had the same sounding beat as Soul II Soul's Back to Life? That wasn't a problem, so why should Thicke's be so wrong? I think DJ's around the world should ban Marvin Gaye tracks so that the revenue stream dries up for these money grabbing b-----ds living off their dead relative's work. |
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For thieves they still made plenty of money
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Agree that its a stupid decision. Music should stand on the shoulders of what has come before thats how it grows. They are keeping the vibe going. Its not like its a blatant rip off it just has a similar groove. Pharrell and Robin T are victims of there own success because it was such a huge selling song.
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Just listened to the Marvin Gaye song ... Sounds nothing like it!! Was this jury made up of feminists?
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I think DJ's around the world should ban Marvin Gaye tracks so that the revenue stream dries up for these money grabbing b-----ds living off their dead relative's work.
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Personally I don't believe that Pharrell copied Got to Give It Up.
They'd even taken pre-emptive legal action in an attempt to stop Marvin's family from suing for plagiarism. Sounds like a case of 'our lawyers will be bigger than your lawyers', so it is understandable how Nona felt about it. They could have used a sample or interpolation of Got to Give It Up but they decided to go for 100% of the song writing credits. Enough elements were borrowed to give it a very similar vibe, while being in a different (major) key and not copying a succession of notes. I don't trust the verdict though because I see it as copying the style and not the musical notation. |
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Reminds me of this:
http://m.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news...itar-riff.html |
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A blatant rip-off I am glad the Marvin Gaye estate won.
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Just listened to the Marvin Gaye song ... Sounds nothing like it!! Was this jury made up of feminists?
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Do feminists have bad hearing??
Not right but I guess if he'd been more likable over the last two years he may not have got sued. Sometimes people have their own agenda for personal reasons. there are similarities between the two songs, but no more than many other songs out there. |
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