Marvin Gaye-Pharrell Williams-Robin Thicke

[L.Kizzle]

What do yall think of the verdict? I think it opens up the floodgates for everybody to sue everybody. If one note is played, they will say "sounds like my song, attorney get on it.'

[BurningHammer]

That's pretty cheesy $7.3 millions earn.

They sounds alike but they are not the same.

[Rolando]

I think the ruling is stupid. All music references previous material.

Lenny Kravitz is probably crapping his pants right now....

[iamgine]

Decision will be appealed and overturned...many years later.

[Knicks101]

I'm sure you can find more, TLC's song "Unpretty" is a ripoff of "Mmm-Bop" but nobody cared. Doubt it's going to become a common thing.

[L.Kizzle]

What happened to the Tom Petty-Sam Smith ordeal?

[JerrySeinfeld]

unless they can find an intent from pharrell to copy the song, it's a dumb ruling.

[Giaodollo]

I took a listen to the Marvin Gaye song, and they ripped of the whole thing. The way I see it, there shouldn't be a problem with people copying other and doing their versions. But when they do, they should acknowledge that and pay for what they are using.

These are the same people crying out that people are pirating their music and they aren't being paid fair. And now Robin Thicke and Pharell are mad that when they pirate someone elses song there is consequences. If it was up to me I'd strip them of all their earnings from this song, just for their bluntness, taking it to court and still fighting despite obvious similarities. I am sure if they made a deal with her before doing this they could have gotten the rights for less than a million but they decided to be greedy.

Marvin created this, his daughter holds the right to what he created, pay her for what she owns, it isn't very hard.

[Giaodollo]

unless they can find an intent from pharrell to copy the song, it's a dumb ruling.

Just listen to the song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fp7Q1OAzITM

[L.Kizzle]

I took a listen to the Marvin Gaye song, and they ripped of the whole thing. The way I see it, there shouldn't be a problem with people copying other and doing their versions. But when they do, they should acknowledge that and pay for what they are using.

These are the same people crying out that people are pirating their music and they aren't being paid fair. And now Robin Thicke and Pharell are mad that when they pirate someone elses song there is consequences. If it was up to me I'd strip them of all their earnings from this song, just for their bluntness, taking it to court and still fighting despite obvious similarities. I am sure if they made a deal with her before doing this they could have gotten the rights for less than a million but they decided to be greedy.

Marvin created this, his daughter holds the right to what he created, pay her for what she owns, it isn't very hard.

You can do this for countless songs. For example listen to the song On Your Face by Earth Wind and Firem Now listen to Bar-Kays Shine?

[BurningHammer]

Just listen to the song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fp7Q1OAzITM

Sound alike and nothing else.

[Giaodollo]

You can do this for countless songs. For example listen to the song On Your Face by Earth Wind and Firem Now listen to Bar-Kays Shine?

As I said I have no problem with artists sampling other peoples work. But have the decency to pay for it. I'll listen to these songs but I do not know the back story behind this. Did they pay? Did the one getting sampled care?

A lot of variables.

If I create something that I put a lot of work in, I would be pissed to if someone came and stole it and made millions of it. I understand the daugther frustration and I am glad the court did the right thing.

[Giaodollo]

Sound alike and nothing else.

So you are saying when Pharell produced this song he didn't have this song as the main inspiration for the background music?

[L.Kizzle]

As I said I have no problem with artists sampling other peoples work. But have the decency to pay for it. I'll listen to these songs but I do not know the back story behind this. Did they pay? Did the one getting sampled care?

A lot of variables.

If I create something that I put a lot of work in, I would be pissed to if someone came and stole it and made millions of it. I understand the daugther frustration and I am glad the court did the right thing.

Sounding similar and stealing are totally different.

[Giaodollo]

Sounding similar and stealing are totally different.

Alright, if you want to get technical about this. This is more along the lines of stealing then sounding similar.