Bruno Mars 'treasure':
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPvuNsRccVw

Breakbot 'baby i'm yours'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahdH8eTydWY

Apparently Bruno approached Breakbot with a request to cover 'Baby I'm yours' which was turned down. Bruno has admitted that he used the Breakbot song as inspiration for treasure. From what I can gather....Breakbot is pissed but the record label is not.

It might be a clearer case of infringement cause it's the MELODY that is jacked here. Same chords...the rhythm arrangement is a little different but a similar groove. There is a synth bass lick in the Breakbot tune that the bassplayer in 'Treasure' copies very obviously every 4 bars. I dig the Bruno song better and don't think he should get sued....but when you jack melodies, it becomes alot easier to objectively substantiate an infringement claim. I'm not sure if that's because the courts 'value' melodies over grooves...or if it's simply easier to establish that two melodies are the 'same'.

I find this stuff interesting anyways. I like Bruno Mars alot....but he too seems to be an artist that goes into the studio with a specific song that he's going to build a new one based upon.