Guest Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Poor Miley http://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/entertainment/jamaican-songwriter-sues-miley-cyrus-seeks-390-million Not sure if this is the right song, because I don’t hear any similarity Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
corvus albus 38,031 Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Greedy bastard With enough luck a monkey can write Romeo and Julia so Miley Cyrus can have bad luck by accidentaly have a phrase that kinda sounds like a line from a flop 25 years ago. Just **** off Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easy 4,997 Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 I actually think that sometimes pop stars they use music from non English speaking countries for inspiration and think that they can get away with saying “I didn’t know that song existed”. but then I really don’t think Miley copied Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helxig 39,459 Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 "We run things, things don't run we" Okay? A few words are similar. And they want to come for her millions? Being famous really makes you a target. I'll be myself until they fūcking close the coffin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VenusAsABoy 152 Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 15 minutes ago, Easy said: I actually think that sometimes pop stars they use music from non English speaking countries for inspiration and think that they can get away with saying “I didn’t know that song existed”. but then I really don’t think Miley copied like this Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelandro 442 Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 What is this mess Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eggsy 8,280 Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Songwriter says Miley Cyrus can't stop, won't stop ripping off his lyrics Per CNN Spoiler A Jamaican songwriter is taking Miley Cyrus to court in a $300 million war of words. Michael May, who performs as Flourgon, claims that the pop artist's 2013 party anthem "We Can't Stop" features lyrics that infringe on his own musical work. He filed a copyright complaint in federal court in New York on Tuesday. The seven offending words: "We run things. Things don't run we." They were featured heavily in the chorus of Cyrus's song. May claims he created the phrase for use in music in 1988, when he wrote the reggae track "We Run Things." His lyrics were: "We run things. Things no run we." The complaint says that the 2013 song owes its "chart-topping popularity and its highly-lucrative success" to May's work. Without May's influence, it adds, "the entire theme of 'We Can't Stop' would be hollow in sound and impact." May is asking the court to prevent the song from being sold, distributed or performed. Although court documents do not specify an amount requested in damages, his attorney, Stephen Drummond, told CNNMoney on Wednesday that $300 million "would be a reasonable compensation." He is also suing the song's other writers and producers, Theron and Timothy Thomas and Michael Len Williams II. The Thomas brothers make music as Rock City, while Williams is known under his stage name, Mike Will Made It. Sony Music and its label RCA Records are also named in the suit. May is also suing Larry Rudolph, Cyrus' manager. RCA declined to comment Wednesday. Representatives for Cyrus, the Thomas brothers and Williams did not respond. Cyrus, who found fame as the clean-cut Disney idol Hannah Montana, drastically altered her look when she released "We Can't Stop." The song features references to partying and drug use, and Cyrus played up her controversial new image while promoting the song and its album, "Bangerz." Related: Miley Cyrus sings her Liam Hemsworth love story May argues that Cyrus was influenced by Caribbean music as part of this career move, leading her to seek out songwriters familiar with the genre. According to court documents, the phrase at the center of the case is rooted in the "unique phraseology and linguistic combinations" of Jamaican Patois. The complaint also cites an interview Theron Thomas gave to the music magazine Vibe in 2015, when he said that "we incorporate Caribbean culture because that's who we are and that's the base of our creativity." Jeff Peretz, an assistant arts professor at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, said he was skeptical of the case against Cyrus because the phrase was not specific enough. "I think they're just throwing a shot in the dark," he added. "If she's influenced by this and likes the way it sounds and wants to use any of these tropes in her music, they're all fair game." Copyright lawsuits involving lyrics are not unheard of, though. For example, a judge in 2015 threw out a case against Taylor Swift. She had been a accused of stealing lyrics from a song called "Haters Gone Hate" for her hit "Shake It Off." Related: 'Blurred Lines' jury orders Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams to pay $7.4 million But the landscape for music copyright has become complicated in recent years. Peretz pointed to the case made against "Blurred Lines," the hit song from Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams. A jury found in 2015 that the song infringed on the copyright of the 1977 Marvin Gaye song "Got To Give It Up." Thicke and Williams were ordered to pay millions in copyright damages, and Gaye is now credited as a songwriter on the track. Peretz said the case made it more difficult to separate homage from theft. He added that its outcome could discourage young artists who draw influence for new songs from those who came before them. "The lines keep getting blurred," he said. "If you can't start by emulating your heroes, how do you begin?" http://money.cnn.com/2018/03/14/media/miley-cyrus-song-copyright-lawsuit/index.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiscoHeaven23 35,007 Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
justanothergay 2,486 Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 I feel like to rip off a song you'd have to hear the song, and I don't really believe that any American has ever heard his music that boy that boy that boy that boy that boy That Boy THAT BOY is a MONSTER Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
River 90,539 Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 5 minutes ago, justanothergay said: I feel like to rip off a song you'd have to hear the song, and I don't really believe that any American has ever heard his music Mike L. Williams II Pierre Ramon Slaughter Timothy Thomas Theron Thomas Miley Cyrus Douglas Davis Ricky Walters One of them heard the song Je ne parle pas français but I can padam if you like Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eggsy 8,280 Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 1 minute ago, River said: One of them heard the song Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yuuri 21,636 Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 16 minutes ago, Eggsy said: $300 million "would be a reasonable compensation." Miley doesn't even have a networth that big. And I'm guessing neither does he, wyding. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
weed 66,861 Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 300 MILLION DOLLARS would be “REASONABLE COMPENSATION” hes a fcking joke lmao Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyanLights 15,258 Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 I swear, this case is going to be thrown out faster than anyone can say ferrari Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinster13 3,545 Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 26 minutes ago, Eggsy said: Related: Miley Cyrus sings her Liam Hemsworth love story omg where can I find this!11!!11!1!!111! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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