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Topic subjectRE: it's enough of a rip-off to claim (and win) a suit.
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2833332, RE: it's enough of a rip-off to claim (and win) a suit.
Posted by b.Touch, Fri Aug-16-13 11:29 AM
>Yes it is!
>
>-its basically the same groove.
>-both songs use the WOO in it.
>-both songs have a cheering section in the background.
>-both vocals are high pitched.
>

-Grooves can't be copyrighted.
-Hundreds of songs have "Woo!" in them. It's not a lyric and wouldn't be on the sheet music.
-You can't sue for production similarities unless the recordings are exactly the same. Just ask Timbaland. Heck, ask Norman Whitfield when he did it to Sly and G. Clinton.
-You can't sue because both songs have high-pitched vocals.

EMI Music owns the copyright to "Got to Give It Up". Ask them if they want to sue.