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Topic subjectRE: it's enough of a rip-off to claim (and win) a suit.
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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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