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Aug 6, 2019
9:49:34am

garyfan All-American

Not similar enough IMO

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garyfan

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Katy Perry hit with $2.8M judgment for copying the beat of a Christian rap song

Odysseus

8/6/19 9:45am

Several missionaries on my mission loved that song (Joyful Noise).

RdF3

8/6/19 9:47am

That chick is looney tunes

TNT

8/6/19 9:47am

He didn't suffer any harm, but she made a ton of money using his IP. He should be compensated for that.

Pimpin4Paradise

8/6/19 9:49am

His IP? What does that mean?

HRCougar

8/6/19 9:55am

Weird or not, it's established law.

Hawk Talons

8/6/19 9:57am

What's the law? Honest question.

HRCougar

8/6/19 9:59am

How do notes on a page differ from words on a page? Plagiarism is a big deal but stealing music isn't?

Pimpin4Paradise

8/6/19 9:59am

I guess we can agree to disagree here. With such a smaller range of

HRCougar

8/6/19 10:02am

Especially in this case. Music is finite, almost all music is derivative (especially pop music). I understand the beats

scootsy

8/6/19 10:07am

I could see a case if it was exactly the same, but these aren’t. Just similar.

PHXSUNS31

8/6/19 10:07am

In this post, I'm going to put down a couple of notes on the page.

BlueSage

8/6/19 10:23am

But they weren't even in the same key. I would have agreed with you if Katy Parry has "stolen a riff" but she

Bert609

8/6/19 10:35am

Not similar enough IMO

garyfan

8/6/19 9:49am

Seems more similar to me than the Coldplay case

Joe Banks

8/6/19 9:58am

Not simar at all imo as in any song has similarities to others.

8/6/19 11:00am

your last sentence is problematic. So famous people can just outright steal

Iman23

8/6/19 9:50am

Is anyone going to say “I was going to listen to Flame’s rap song but I decided

Odysseus

8/6/19 9:54am

Wait, so rap rips off other people's tunes all the time but the reverse can't happen?

Indy Coug

8/6/19 9:51am

RE: Wait, so rap rips off other people's tunes all the time but the reverse can't happen?

Indy Coug

8/6/19 9:52am

You think producers sample songs w/o agreement & compensation?

BGRTHNUMEGO

8/6/19 9:55am

Exactly

scobingus

8/6/19 9:57am

Probably would have cost Katy a lot less if she had done that

Mikey

8/6/19 9:58am

Rick beato goes into detail here:

Jay Rick

8/6/19 10:30am

And here is another video tearing the decision apart

vegascougfan

8/6/19 10:48am

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