Madonna to face lawsuit over 'Give Me All Your Luvin''?

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Madonna may face a lawsuit over her latest single 'Give Me All Your Luvin''.

Brazilian singer Joao Brasil claims that the track's chorus contains elements from his song 'L.O.V.E. Banana'.

Brasil's record company are contemplating a possible lawsuit over the track, however Brasil himself has revealed he would rather not face off against the singer.

"I still don't understand what happened. I'm a huge fan of hers. If it's plagiarism, then even better. She is always at the cutting edge of music, so it's a good sign about what I do," he told Brazilian newspaper Folha da Sao Pauolo.

"It's in [the record label's] hands, they're looking at how to proceed and what they can do. But personally I don't want to do anything. The last thing I need in my life is a fight with Madonna."

'Give Me All Your Luvin'' will feature on Madonna's upcoming LP MDNA, which will be released on March 26.

Madonna recently denied rumors that Britney Spears will feature on MDNA.


 Joao Brasil's song

Madonna's plagiarized version

Wiz Khalifa Hit With Plagiarism Lawsuit

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Pittsburgh rapper Maxamillion has filed a $2.3 million lawsuit against Wiz Khalifa with the claim that the emcee's breakthrough hit "Black and Yellow" stole elements from his own tune "Pink N Yellow." Maxamillion, otherwise known as Max Warren, says "Pink N Yellow" was copyrighted in 2008, while Khalifa's hit was copyrighted last year.
Maxamillion's lawsuit, filed in federal court in Philadelphia, names Khalifa along with two other songwriters and an assortment of record companies and music publishers. Spokespersons for both Maxamillion and Khalifa have not commented publicly on the lawsuit.

Rihanna Rips Off Grunge Artist Sandy Kim

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Rihanna caught up (yet again) in plagiarism scandal: this time it’s her video for ‘We Found Love’ with blatant parallels to the work of Sandy Kim

Rihanna’s video for her hit single ‘We Found Love’ has been accused of plagiarising the heroin-chic work of artist-photographer Sandy Kim. The whistle-blower is FADER contributor Bryan Derballa, who describes how, ‘when a friend played me Rihanna’s video for that infectious song “We Found Love”, I thought it looked really familiar. It’s Sandy Kim’s blog! There are so many thematic and aesthetic similarities’.

Sandy Kim is currently the favourite artist of photographer Ryan McGinley – one of the youngest artists to have a solo show at the Whitney Museum of American Art, and named Photographer of 2003 by American Photo Magazine: ‘Sandy is a confessional photographer with a thing for body fluids. ... Sometimes it's hardcore ... and sometimes it's pure beauty. She often photographs cute long-haired nude or near-nude boys lying on dirty couches in classical repose. ... She really knows how to use natural light, like early morning light, or sunset light in an apartment. She pays attention to it and that's always the sign of a good photographer, knowing when and how to use that light.’

This is not the first time that one of Rihanna’s videos has been accused of ripping off other artists. Her music video for her hit single S&M sported imagery blatantly lifted from the work of famed photographer David LaChapelle. Accusations of plagiarism came from all sides, with one scene depicting Rihanna ‘walking’ a man on a leash and on all fours corresponding to LaChapelle 2002 image for Vogue, Aristocrats. Indeed, the similarities were so great that fans of the photographer were initially concluded that LaChapelle had in fact directed the video.

But, given that she was subsequently sued by two separate photographers claiming she or co-director Melina Matsoukas ripped off their imagery, there is surely some ambiguity as to any claim to originality within the glitzy sphere of show biz...

Rihanna caught plagiarising again

 when will she learn to stop plagiarising other people's works?

Something about Rihanna's "You Da One" video looks familiar and one Norwegian photographer may agree.


In the video, released last week, Rihanna can be spotted gyrating around on the floor as the stripes and dot-shaped shadows dance on her flesh-colored body suit. As the Fashionista blog pointed out, the gorgeous creative direction in the video would seem nearly identical to the work of renowned fashion photographer Sølve Sundsbø.

Back in 2008 Sundsbø created these manipulated light and shadow skin creations in an editorial for Numero titled "Points a la Ligne." In the spread, model Edita Vilkeviciute poses nude with the light projections slithering on her body and rocking a remarkably similar bowl cut wig to the singer. Rihanna was certainly "inspired" by the editorial, but is her inspiration a bit too direct?

This is the third time the songstress has apparently cribbed from a famous photographer. Her titillating clip for "S&M" drew the ire of David LaChapelle, who received an "undisclosed sum" from the singer earlier this year for similarities in the video to his work. She also faced another lawsuit from photog Philipp Paulus over a scene in the video.

Neither Rihanna or Sundsbø have commented on the new allegations. It should be noted that the director behind "You Da One," Melina Matsoukas, also shot the "S&M" video, as well as the epic clip for Rihanna's "We Found Love."


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Angelina Jolie sued for copyright infringement

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A journalist and author in Croatia has filed a copyright infringement suit against Angelina Jolie and the producers of the upcoming movie she directed, "In the Land of Blood and Honey," claiming that the project is lifted from his book "The Soul Shattering."
James J. Braddock, who lives in Zagreb and covered the Bosnian war, filed his suit in U.S. District Court in Illinois and is seeking damages and an injunction preventing the release of the movie. In addition to Jolie, GK Films, FilmDistrict, Scout Film and producer Edin Sarkic are named as defendants.
Braddock's book, originally published in 2007 in the native langauge of Croatia, is an account of the tragedies suffered by Bosnian and Herzegovinian women and children during the war there.
He said in his suit that "In the Land of Blood and Honey" "copies key plot elements, themes, characters, events, sequences and settings" of his book. For instance, he points out, both the book and the movie portray a love story during the war in the early 1990s. The book and the film have a main female character, living near Sarajevo, who is captured and held in a Serbian concentration camp located in a village, the suit states. The book and the movie have a main male character who is a camp commander whose father is a high-ranking "Greater Serbian" nationalist and important officer of the Yugoslav People's Army.
Braddock claims that after his book was published, he met with Sarkic at least three times to discuss details of the book, "including plot and character development and the story's culturual significance and historical accuracy." The conversations then evolved into pursuing a movie.
Braddock also says that he contacted LaToya King of the Make It Right Foundation, which gets major support from the Pitt-Jolie Foundation, with the idea of partnering to build houses in Sarejevo and New Orleans and elsewhere. He said that he sent the e-mail to King without knowing that Sarkic was working with Jolie on "In the Land of Blood and Honey."
A spokesman for the producers of the movie could not immediately be reached.

admitted plagiarists Coldplay copied a Vietnamese singer

“We’re definitely good, but I don’t think you can say we’re that original,” he notes. “I regard us as being incredibly good plagiarists.”  Coldplay front man Chris Martin in a rolling stone magazine interview



This is the second time this year this plagiarising band is caught and accused of copying other people's songs  earlier this year he copied the rythm which is first used by Peter Allen in his song "I go to rio" this rythm which was covered by several artists including the secados in their song "el ritmo de la noche" link


This month the admitted plagiarists once again copied a Vietnamese Singer


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Vietnamese Musician Likely to Sue Coldplay for Plagiarism

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Vietnamese pop singer Tran Thu Ha or Ha Tran, currently living in the U.S., is working with her lawyer to explore the possibility of a plagiarism lawsuit against Rihanna and Coldplay.

Vietnamese pop singer Ha Tran and musician Thanh Phuong pictured at a music event in Vietnam in September, 2011. (Photo: Tuoi Tre)

The possible lawsuit came after their “Princess of China” song in the “Mylo Xyloto” album released on October 17 has been found to bear striking resemblance to her 2008 “Ra ngo tung kinh.”

Ha told Tien Phong newspaper: “If I sue them for plagiarism, it is like an ant fighting against an elephant. However, from my lawyer’s opinion, even if the resemblance is just a coincidence, we still have a case in court if analyses turn up considerable similarity between the two songs.”

According to Ha, the two songs have a similar mood, beats, and musical arrangement in the introduction piece.

Ha said it’s unbelievable that Coldplay have listened to her song. She ventured a hypothesis that the English band could have come across and listened to it on the Internet without really knowing who wrote it.

“I need to be careful if I want to sue someone. They will accuse me of seeking profit if I couldn’t give enough evidence,” she said.

There have also been comments on the resemblance between the vocal background style in her song “Ra ngo tung kinh” and that of African indigenous people’s music.

However, Ha Tran explained that she came up with the vocal style to use in the background music of the song “Ra ngo tung kinh,” which was arranged by local musician Thanh Phuong.

American music website ATRL was the first one to mention the resemblance.

One member shared a post called “Coldplay & Rihanna plagiarizing Vietnam music?” with the two music clips to compare, which has attracted six pages of comments.

Disputable copyright is not new to Coldplay, as the English band was sued by singer Joe Satriani for using a part of his “If I could fly” song for their Grammy-winning “Viva La Vida” in 2009.

In September the same year, they went to court in Los Angeles in the US again when their new music video “Strawberry Swing” was claimed to be a copy of the MV “Something Else” released one year earlier by singer Andy J. Gallagher.





Ha Tran's original version released in 2008

Coldplay's plagiarized version

Jay-Z, Kanye West Accused Of Copyright Infringement

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Jay-Z, Kanye West Accused Of Copyright Infringement
R&B artist Syl Johnson alleges Watch the Throne track samples his 'Different Strokes' without permission

Def Jam's lawyers are about to get busier. According to a post on "archival record label" and publisher the Numero Uno Group's blog, acclaimed R&B/soul singer Syl Johnson is considering a lawsuit against the Throne (Jay-Z and Kanye West) for an uncleared sample of one of his songs on their album Watch the Throne. A sample of Johnson's 1967 song "Different Strokes," which appears on the track "The Joy," was allegedly never properly cleared.

"Two decades and several lawsuits later, Syl Johnson is a veteran of copyright infringement cases, and has done very well for himself clearing samples from his fertile catalog (we're glad to say we've helped him with a few) for use in numerous tracks," reads part of the post. "He's been amply paid, as he is quick to boast in his concerts, by acts like Wu-Tang Clan, Kid Rock, and Michael Jackson. Other performers ... have not been so respectful."

The post, titled "Syl Johnson vs Kanye West/Jay-Z," goes on to say that the Numero Uno Group reached out to Def Jam's business department about clearing "The Joy" after Syl Johnson had gotten wind of the song. Last year, the Pete Rock-produced tune (Kanye West is credited as producer along with Mike Dean and Mike Bhaskar) was part of the G.O.O.D. Fridays series of leaks. Although originally intended to be included on West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, the sample was unable to be cleared in time to make the album (though an agreement was apparently reached for its use). Negotiations stalled due to the fact that the song was not actually being sold. However, "The Joy" recently reappeared as a bonus cut on the deluxe edition of Watch the Throne.

The Numero Uno Group points out that in the credits for Watch the Throne, they are erroneously identified as the publishers of Syl Johnson's "Different Strokes." "Wondering why we weren't consulted on this new use, and baffled why we appear in the credits, for which we never asked, we contacted the sample clearance house," continued the post. "Even they cannot get a response from their own clients. Island Def Jam seems to think that Syl doesn't have any fight left in him. We're betting otherwise."

Since the song appears on an album that is being sold — Watch the Throne has already gone gold, selling more than 600,000 units to date — Johnson is expected to be properly compensated for the use of his song, whether via a lawsuit or some sort of settlement. Messages to Def Jam representatives for comment were not returned as this story went to press.

Lil Wayne Sued Over Allegedly-Stolen Beat of 'How to Love'

twice this month he is sued for stealing copyrighted songs


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Lil Wayne continued to being the subject of copyright infringement allegation. Less than a month after he was reported to face a $15 million lawsuit for allegedly stealing "BedRock", the rap mogul is now accused of music fraud over another song "How to Love".

According to TMZ, a rapper named Rich Rick filed the legal complaint in L.A. County Superior Court last week. He claimed he purchased several master recordings between 2006 and 2009, including the beat that appears on Weezy's song, from a group of rap producers called Drummer Boyz.

Rick believed the producers pitched the same beat to the Young Money rapper in exchange for a 35% royalty agreement. Calling it a theft, he demanded all sums the group are entitled to under their agreement with Weezy, plus 10% interest.

Lil Wayne and Lady Gaga are sued for copyright infringement

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Lil Wayne is facing copyright infringement lawsuit yet again. The "6 Foot 7 Foot" MC is accused by Georgia-based production company Done Deal Enterprises of stealing their copyrighted song "BedRock" and incorporated it into the track of the same name.

In the legal paper filed in the United States District Court, Southern district of New York, the company are seeking $15 million in compensation. In response to the filing, judge has ordered Weezy to appear in court on October 12.

"BedRock" is a hip-hop single featuring the likes of Drake, Nicki Minaj, Gudda Gudda, Tyga, Jae Millz and Lloyd. Taken from Young Money's compilation CD "We Are Young Money", it peaked at No. on Billboard Hot 200 and climbed to No. 1 on Rap Songs chart.

This is not the first time Weezy is slapped with such lawsuit. In May 2010, the rap mogul was sued by a rapper named Dirahn Gilliams for allegedly sampling his song for Grammy-winning single "Lollipop" without his consent. The suit came just a month after "Lollipop" producer Jim Jonsin took legal action against Weezy, claiming he has yet to receive any royalty payments for his work.

Additionally, another "Lollipop" producer Darius "Deezle" Harrison filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit over royalties from Weezy's "Mrs. Officer". Adding piles to the legal woes, Weezy was recently sued by production duo Play-N-Skillz and producer David Kirkwood over unpaid royalties to his song "Got Money" and album "Tha Carter III" respectively.



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August 4, 2011 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- Rebecca Francescatti of Chicago filed a federal lawsuit against Lady Gaga and her record company over one of her songs.

The suit claims they stole Francescatti's song entitled "Juda" and changed the title to "Judas" on the singer's "Born This Way" album.

The suit claims the Chicago woman got a copyright for the song in 1999, and recorded it in 2004. She's seeking an unspecified amount of damages.

No one from Lady Gaga's camp is commenting on the matter.

David LaChapelle Wins Pre-Trial Ruling Against Rihanna

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A federal court has refused to dismiss David LaChapelle's copyright claim against pop singer Rihanna over a music video with scenes allegedly copied from several of LaChapelle's images. The ruling, by the US District Court in New York City, means the photographer's claim can now go to trial.

LaChapelle filed suit in February, alleging that some scenes from the video for Rihanna's hit single called "S&M" are rip-offs of sadomasochistic images he has created and published over the years. According to LaChapelle's claim, Rihanna asked various directors to create a "LaChapelle-esque video" for "S&M," and provided a story board for the video actually included prints of some of LaChapelle's photographs.

In its pre-trial ruling, the court ruled that LaChapelle made a plausible claim for infringement because the video appeared to copy protectable elements of his images, according to the judge. (Protectable elements exclude the idea and subject matter, but include factors that contribute to the originality or expression of the subject: sets, wardrobe, lighting, camera angle, mood, etc.)

For instance, the court pointed out that the video's "Pink Room Scene" and LaChapelle's "Striped Face" photograph both feature women dominating men in a domestic scene. That subject is not protectable, the court noted, because "the subjects flow naturally from the chosen idea" of sadomasochism.

But the particular way that Rihanna's video portrayed the scenes--including the set, wardrobe, "generally frantic mood" and lighting--was "substantially similar" to LaChapelle images, even if all the details were not identical, the court concluded.

"Both works share the frantic and surreal mood of women dominating men in a hypersaturated, claustrophobic domestic space. Thus, I find that an ordinary observer may well overlook any differences and regard the aesthetic appeal of “Striped Face” and the “Pink Room Scene” as the same," Judge Shira A. Scheindlin wrote in her decision.

She reached the same conclusion after comparing other video scenes to particular images by LaChapelle.

The judge dismissed Rihanna's fair use defense out of hand, saying it was so misguided and "unavailing" that the pop singer failed to raise a fair use defense at all.

But Judge Scheindlin also dismissed other claims made by LaChapelle, including trade dress violation and unfair competition claims. Those claims were based on LaChapelle's contention that audiences would confuse Rihanna's S&M video with his work. But the court said LaChapelle was merely re-stating his copyright claims, without providing enough evidence to sustain his additional claims.

With the copyright claims cleared for trial, the judge scheduled a pre-trial conference for August 10.

Now it is up to Rihanna to decide whether it is worth the risk and expense to defend against the copyright claims in front of a jury--or try to settle with LaChapelle out of court.

John Legend and Ghost Face Killah are both sued for copyright infringement

A rapper's intense love of "Iron Man" is causing him legal trouble.

Hollywood composer Jack Urbont is suing Sony Music Entertainment and Ghostface Killah for illegally sampling his "Iron Man Theme," originally created for the 1960s television show, The Marvel Super Heroes.

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Singer-songwriter Anthony Stokes has filed suit against John Legend, claiming that the Grammy-winning ivory tickler listened to his demo tape and modeled a song after one of his tracks.

The suit, filed in New Jersey, claims that Legend watched Stokes give a performance at UNC in 2004. Following the gig, Stokes gave Legend his demo tape with the promise that he would listen to it, but never heard back.

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examples and recent cases of musical plagiarism

youtube videos showing anglo-american music plagiarism

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Producer Timbaland steal Arabic and middle eastern music

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examples of Timbaland's rip offs

Jay-Z – “Big Pimpin” (Abdel Halim Hafez – “Khosara”)

Aaliyah – “Don’t Know What To Tell Ya” (Warda – “Batwanness Bik”)

Aaliyah – “More Than A Woman” (Mayada El Hennawi – “Alouli Ensa”)

Petey Pablo – “Raise Up” (Um Kulthoum – “Enta Omri”)

Ms. Jade – “Dead Wrong” (Kazem El Saher “El Zaman”)

Missy Elliott – “One Minute Man” (Joanna Mallah – “La Mostahel”)

Justin Timberlake – “(Oh No) What You Got” (Debka Druz – “Debka of the Druz”)

Utada Hikaru – “Exodus ’04” (Aitha Al Menhali – “Meshkeltek")

Ne-Yo and Fabulous – “Makes Me Better” (Sherine – “Aal Saaban Aleh”)

Nelly Furtado "Wait for You" (Muhlis Akarsu – “Allah Allah Desem Gelsem”)



The producer Timbaland used a song from a finish musician and used it for the song "Do it" by Nelly Furtado


Timbaland stole a Punjabi Music beat


Timbaland rip off sampling crystal castles courtship dating


Timbaland as always rips it off.
This time - from Rita, straight out of Greece.


more videos showing anglo-American music rip offs and plagiarism can be found on you tube


recent cases of music plagiarism


Kanye west was sued for 4 times in 2010 for copyright infringement

kanye west using samples of other musicians

using other people's music 2


Nicki Minaj currently sampling other people's music to compensate for her horrible singing voice

examples

ripped off annie lennox song "no more i love you"

ripping(sampling) of an older song( I can't remember the name)

ripped off the powerpuff girls theme


Lady Gaga is constantly accused of copying the works of others. everything she does, what she wears and her music are copies and rip offs of others. her last 3 singles are rip offs

Rihanna who like Nicki Minaj has a horrible singing voice she is also an unoriginal hack she is currently facing 2 lawsuits for copyright infringement


Jennifer Lopez ripping off Kat Deluna and Lambada

American Idol judge, Jennifer Lopez, 41, is being accused of ripping off newbie singer, Kat Deluna, 23. One listen to the above posted comparative video of DeLuna's "Party O'Clock" and Lopez's "On the Floor" which illegally combines two preexisting songs and it becomes very apparent the allegations are true. The Lopez track was produced by chronic copyright infringer, Red One.

Lopez, seeking to breath life into her failing music career, has ripped off a younger rival, which is unseemly...and now embarrassing, as the story has been making its way around the internet and into the mainstream press. Ironically, both songs in the video sound like the music from "Lambada."



in the summer Shakira who sell out her Colombian music roots and dye her hair blonde(fitting in with Anglo-American racist entertainment industry) was sued for stealing the waka waka song for fifa world cup which is originally a Cameroonian/African song which was released in the 1980s


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original Cameroonian version


Shakira's plagiarized version


African artists often have their works plagiarized by Anglo-American hacks for decades



The Black Eyed Peas are famous for getting sued for copyright infringement by stealing other people's works


Beyonce is currently accused of copyright infringement for her show at the billboard awards. Beyonce is also known for being a song thief who was sued multiple times for music and dance plagiarism. the evidence is all over youtube.


in Feburary 2011 Econoline Crush Suing Nickelback For Copyright Infringement


in March 2011 Christina Aguilera is facing a lawsuit over a sample used in her 2006 single 'Ain't No Other Man'.


in April 2011 Cheryl Cole sued for copyright infringement over hit single


Calvin Harris has accused Chris Brown and Cobra Starship of copying his song "I am not alone"

other anglo-american hacks that sample his song are JLS(eys wide shut), Ke$ha(WE R WHO WE R), and Katy perry(california girls)

their videos are all on youtube


("We're definitely good, but I don't think you can say we're that original. I regard us as being incredibly good plagiarists." - Chris Martin, the Coldplay lead singer)

Coldplay is currently facing accusations of song plagiarism in their latest single "Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall"


this new single used the riff/rhythm which is first used in "I Go To Rio" by Peter Allen and Adrienne Anderson and the song "El ritmo de la noche" by the Sacados