A 1980's electro funk band claims Mars and Ronson's borrowed from their 1983 hit
Follow @RachelBogle Ed Sheeran just got hit with a $20 million lawsuit over his hit song “Photograph”… because, as it turns out, it might not have been his song to begin with. Songwriters Martin Harrington and Thomas Leonard claim “Photograph” has a strikingly similar structure to their song, “Amazing,” which was written in 2009. The […]
Just a week ago, Jay Z was in court fighting a case regarding an alleged sample in his 1999 hit “Big Pimpin,” but the judge has already decided to toss it out.
Another day, another copyright infringement lawsuit. Jay Z, Timbaland, and the late Pimp C have been named in a copyright infringement lawsuit for their 1999 smash hit “Big Pimpin.” Jay Z and Timbaland are being sued by heirs of Egyptian composer Baligh Hamdi, the writer of an Egyptian love song titled “Khosara Khosara.” The record was […]
Uh oh, Justin and Usher may have to get their checkbooks out. Justin and his mentor Usher are being sued by Virginia songwriters De Rico…
It looks like Drake isn’t the only YMCMB member getting hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit. Young Money’s queen Nicki Minaj is being sued…
Songwriter Earl Shuman is suing Alicia Keys for copyright infringement over her hit song “Girl On Fire.” In a lawsuit that was filed in California last week, Shuman claims “Girl On Fire” sounds a little too familiar to the song “Hey There Lonely Girl,” which he co-wrote and was recorded by Eddie Holman. Shuman says […]
Popular rap websites Onsmash.com and Rapgodfathers.com have been shut down by the feds in what appears to be linked to a wide-reaching federal crackdown on online piracy of music and movies. The two sites were popular with Hip-Hop heads as go-to destinations to download new music.