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Global National Video "Neil Young could hold out his hand for Nirvana & Pearl Jam"
Just saw this minutes ago on Global News.
http://globalnews.ca/video/1877553/blurred-lines-verdict-has-implications-for-music-industry
Global National - 'Blurred Lines' verdict has implications for music industry.
Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams have been ordered to pay the family of Marvin Gay $7.4 million, after a jury found their song stole a vibe from one of the late singer’s hits. Mike Drolet explains why the ruling sent a chill through the music business.
"Everybody is inspired by somebody. Neil Young could hold out his hand for Nirvana & Pearl Jam."
http://globalnews.ca/video/1877553/blurred-lines-verdict-has-implications-for-music-industry
Global National - 'Blurred Lines' verdict has implications for music industry.
Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams have been ordered to pay the family of Marvin Gay $7.4 million, after a jury found their song stole a vibe from one of the late singer’s hits. Mike Drolet explains why the ruling sent a chill through the music business.
"Everybody is inspired by somebody. Neil Young could hold out his hand for Nirvana & Pearl Jam."
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Let's hope the Hendrix family never hears Yellow Ledbetter
The song that sounded like I won't back down (tom petty) sounded too simillar to me. There were glaring notes and parts that sounded very very similar.
At what point is a song too similar and infringes on intellectual property and at what point is it simply influenced by bands (music) the artist grew up listening too.
Copyright does seem to be one of the worst things to have sprouted in the modern recording age.
In this case Marvin Gaye he passed away 30 years ago. He doesn't even get the chance to let it slide. I wonder if these family members are related to his dad? That's not cool either.
1.) Blurred Lines was a controversial song that the Gaye family didn't want to be associated with.
2.) I would think Neil Young and others would be honored to have their music inspire PJ, Nirvana etc... But if Arriana Grande took a Neil Young riff, he might not feel so honored by it, and object. So maybe if an artist that was respected by the Gaye family took the riff they wouldn't have cared as much.
3.) Pharrell and Thicke argued and argued with the family long before it got to court, most cases like these there would be some quiet settlement. But P and T were adamant that they didn't copy but were inspired by Gaye's song - essentially forcing the family's hand to go to court.
Lots of examples of this sort of stuff, I don't think it will change the industry at all, it just might force some to settle earlier than they would have normally.
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Blurred lines and GTGIU have a similar tempo around 120 BPM, and both feture a rythmic cowbell over a synth bass line yes, but that is where the similarities end. The songs are in different keys, the notes in the bass lines are completely different, the cowbell patterns are different and the melodies and arrangements are nowhere near the same. In no way does that justify copyright infringement. If it does then all songs with distorted guitars, drums and a bass are all the same. Good luck future songwriters.
The reason this is such a big deal is b/c it sets the precedent that you can copyright a vibe and a groove.
Are RT and Pharrell shmucks for a preemptive lawsuits? Surely, but that doesn't mean there is enough evidence that they completely copied the song.
I do think if there is proof that Thicke and Pharrell were referencing the Gaye track, repeatedly as they made the song, then the Gaye estate is due some money that would be virtually impossible to prove.. I'm of the opinion that they set out to make a song with a similar vibe, and really nailed it.
It doesn't seem to work.