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Copyright Law Discussion (formerly Marvin Gaye's Estate is Destroying Music...)

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ClaytoAli

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8 hours ago, No Nonsense said:


Who was he influenced by or who did he copy? They're a difference. 

My cuz from the 757 sung back up for Marvin, and you are correct….it is a difference. He knows Pharrell and wasn’t happy with him.

 

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No Nonsense

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The title of this thread is misleading. Marvin Gaye's estate isn't suing. 
 

This is the second time Ed Sheeran has been sued copying Lets get it on. The first time was in 2016 by Ed Townsend's family. The case was dismissed. Ed Townsend co-wrote Let's get it on with Marvin Gaye.  
 

Correction: The heirs of Ed Townsend is currently the plaintiffs and are suing Ed Sheeran

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CobraCommander

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9 minutes ago, dfitzo53 said:

 

Well that's some ****ed up **** I just learned. 

 

Early versions[edit]

Linda Lyndell, a white singer who had been a supporting act with James Brown and Ike & Tina Turner and then recommended to Stax Records by Otis Redding, recorded "What a Man".[1] The song was essentially improvised by Lyndell, record producer Dave Crawford, and the Stax studio musicians in Memphis, Tennessee. It was released as a single in 1968 with the B-side track "I Don't Know"; both songs were credited to and produced by Dave Crawford.[2] The single entered the Billboard Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles chart on August 24, 1968, and then peaked at number 50.[3] The record came to the attention of white supremacists in the Ku Klux Klan, who threatened Lyndell for associating with black musicians; as a result, she largely withdrew from the music business for the next 25 years.[1]

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Fergasun

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And now the Supreme Court is coming after Andy Warhol!  A photographer sued over Andy Warhol foundation licensing Andy Warhol's artwork of Prince to "Rolling Stone" magazine for a cover.  Supreme Court ruled that Warhol's work was not transformative enough.  

 

Sotomayor, Alito, Thomas, Barrett, Kavanaugh

Gorsuch, and Jackson joined in the opinion.

 

Gorsuch wrote a concurring opinion joined by Jackson that points out the artwork is being used as a substititute for the picture.

 

Kagan and Roberts (!) dissented claiming that the Court is ignoring their precedence of the "2 live crew" case and Google vs. Sun case recently.  Kagan wrote a scorched earth dissent claiming this is a major inflection to copyright law.  

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