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Music plagiarism cases

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  • 12-08-2016 8:34am
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    evolving_doors
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    Just thought it might be interesting to get ahead of the lawyers and musicologists with the
    Ed Sheerin -Thinking out Loud
    Vs.
    Marvin Gaye - let's get it on
    Plagiarism case.

    What say ye?the drum beat and tempo are dead similar anyhow.... But then again that's just a bog standard drum riff no?


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    noby
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    After winning the last case it seems the Gaye estate are just going to sue everyone.


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    evolving_doors
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    noby wrote: »
    After winning the last case it seems the Gaye estate are just going to sue everyone.

    It does have the same feel to it though.


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    mass_debater
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    noby wrote: »
    After winning the last case it seems the Gaye estate are just going to sue everyone.

    But it's not them, it's the co writer of the song, the family if the guy who wrote the song with Marvin Gaye
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/36624978/ed-sheeran-sued-over-claims-hes-ripped-off-a-marvin-gaye-song


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    Paddy2012
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    They would've got away with this in the past as the melodies of the two songs are pretty different but I think the Blurred Lines case has set a new precedent which will lead to more cases like this in the next few years.


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