2833414, RE: it's enough of a rip-off to claim (and win) a suit. Posted by tapedeck, Fri Aug-16-13 01:30 PM
>>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.
The groove and Woo is the give away!
>-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.
Sounding similar! Another give away. THEY RECREATED THE SONG.
>EMI Music owns the copyright to "Got to Give It Up". Ask them >if they want to sue.
EMI! That's real fucked up on their part. MG wrote it, not EMI.
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