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Hidden Track » Cover Wars - 0 views

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shared by as391783 on 19 Jan 12 - No Cached
  • as391783 on 19 Jan 12
     
    series of posts voting on covers of the same track
Emily Albulescu

Indie Musician Matt Heart Sues 'Twilight' Studio Over Song - 0 views

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  • Andrea R. on 11 Mar 11
     
    The Twilight poster and album cover have an undeniable resemblance to each other, however, I think Summit's interference and influence on pulling his music from YouTube and iTunes was unnecessary. If Summit believed that the artist had stolen material for his album cover, then the company should have sued him instead. Also, if Twilight had inspired his music, then technically, this is not copyright infringement. I do not think that the music itself was a violation of intellectual property.
Emily Albulescu

Britney Spears' 'Hold It Against Me' Likely Safe From Copyright Case - 1 views

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  • Emily Albulescu on 26 Jan 11
     
    The Country music duo the "Bellamy Brothers" are upset over Britney song title's resemblance to their 1979 hit but it seem they will not be suing the popstar.
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  • Andrea R. on 26 Jan 11
     
    I'm surprised that copyright law doesn't apply to song titles.
  • Malika T on 31 Jan 11
     
    I'm actually surprised that the Bellamy Brothers would pursue legal action against her, because song titles are inevitably recycled or given without knowledge of their prior use. I have FIVE different songs called "Heartbreaker" in my iTunes library (Will.i.am, Led Zeppelin, Mariah Carey, MSTRKRFT, Pat Benatar) and none of them are covers. This seems like a classic example of an attempt at manipulating copyright laws for personal gain as opposed to protection of intellectual property.
  • anonymous on 31 Jan 11
     
    I do not think that the copyright law should be applied to song titles because the title is merely a representation of the song. The title is only a small part of the song that is created and title is not a song that has melody in it. If more copyright restrictions apply to song titles, it would eventually end up holding the artists back from choosing the desired and preferable representation of the song. The artists would have to struggle to find new words or phrases as new songs are released everyday.
  • Amanda Marie on 03 Feb 11
     
    I know that the Bellamy Brothers specifically mention the title, but I think they would have a much stronger case on the basis of "fixing" the double entendre within the song: the BB's lyrics are "If I said you had a beautiful body / would you hold it against me" vs. Britney's "If I said I want your body now / would you hold it against me." That's pretty startlingly similar, and even if you can't copyright ideas, you can copyright the expression of those ideas... and there's enough overlap between the two to be persuasive.
  • Rory Fewer on 06 Feb 11
     
    Now that I know copying a song title doesn't count as copyright infringement, I wonder what percentage of a songs lyrics must be exactly the same as another song in order for that to count as copyright infringement. And even if the lyrics happen to be the same, can an artist still avoid a lawsuit if his or her melodic line/ chordal progression/ instrumentation is different enough to make the song "original"? I'm guessing that its a case-by-case thing...
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