Sun claim ed sheeran is headlining

[russycarps]

Let's hope this plagiarising c**t is nowhere near the fesival. Sickening.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/10/ed-sheeran-sued-allegedly-copying-marvin-gaye-lets-get-it-on-thinking-out-loud

 

[dentalplan]

http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/70380/lips-nailed-for-cat-stevens-song-similarity

[russycarps]

3 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/70380/lips-nailed-for-cat-stevens-song-similarity

cat stevens subsequently apologised and donated the royalties to charity.

 

[Mardy]

3 minutes ago, russycarps said:

cat stevens subsequently apologised and donated the royalties to charity.

 

yeah, well, the LIps don't need any extra income, not if they're fleecing their fans and 40+ quid a pop for tickets .

[russycarps]

14 minutes ago, Mardy said:

yeah, well, the LIps don't need any extra income, not if they're fleecing their fans and 40+ quid a pop for tickets .

coke habits dont come cheap you know

[dentalplan]

16 minutes ago, russycarps said:

cat stevens subsequently apologised and donated the royalties to charity.

 

Did he bollocks. And yeah, point beings that it's not just disgusting plagiarism if you dont like that act. Radiohead have had a couple too if you're not happy with the Lips example. 

These things are gonna be levelled at everything and everyone since the Blurred Lines trial - even Ed Sheeran has been sued already but I guess that was before he was in contention for Glastonbury and you weren't on the lookout for your next 'Adele tax quote'.

[CaledonianGonzo]

2 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

These things are gonna be levelled at everything and everyone since the Blurred Lines trial

If anything, it's deeply worrying seeing artists getting taken to the cleaners by arrays of industry lawyers. 

Conscious and unconscious "plagiarism" is behind scores and scores of magnificent songs and almost every great band is "guilty" of it in some shape or form.

[Gnomicide]

There are only 12 notes. Must be more and more difficult to arrange them in a never heard before way with each passing day. Best off just sticking to the blues and claiming it's a traditional arrangement.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Blues players were the worst for it.  Robert Johnson's catalogue is riddled with bits and bobs of pre-existing music from the likes of Son House and Skip James.

In fact, it's basically how music works.

[shuttlep]

On 7/9/2016 at 8:43 AM, eFestivals said:

Don't fund Murdoch at all. Ditch your Sky packages.

Brexit was Murdoch taking back control. "When I go into Downing Street they do what I say; when I go to Brussels they take no notice."

It's time those funding his dictatorship woke up.

I can't tell you how much I agree with this, big business buying their way back in to by the government to make laws and trade deals to make them money.

[eFestivals]

1 hour ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

If anything, it's deeply worrying seeing artists getting taken to the cleaners by arrays of industry lawyers. 

Me, I'm deeply worried that mega-rich music stars might have to do something more for an everlasting stream of money than just the hour or two it took to write.

I mean, people like Adele might not have time to complain about their tax bill if their time is taken up justifying their huge pile, and that would be just awful.

 

[CaledonianGonzo]

I'm not sure I share your vision of a utopia where only the very wealthy are at risk of litigation.

[dentalplan]

The artists aren't doing enough to justify their wealth so give their money to full-time heirs?

[tevaburger]

3 hours ago, dentalplan said:

 Radiohead have had a couple too if you're not happy with the Lips example. 

I'm amazed that I survived. Isobel saved my life.

[dentalplan]

26 minutes ago, tevaburger said:

I'm amazed that I survived. Isobel saved my life.

Woah I had no idea about this one!

[FuzzyDunlop]

4 hours ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

If anything, it's deeply worrying seeing artists getting taken to the cleaners by arrays of industry lawyers. 

 

Unless it's against Ed Sheeran

[dentalplan]

I thought you liked Ed Sheeran?

[Chawk]

How many nights has Marvin Gaye sold out Wembley though? 

Edited August 10, 2016 by Chawk

[CaledonianGonzo]

The old or the new Wembley?

[russycarps]

16 hours ago, dentalplan said:

Did he bollocks. And yeah, point beings that it's not just disgusting plagiarism if you dont like that act. Radiohead have had a couple too if you're not happy with the Lips example. 

These things are gonna be levelled at everything and everyone since the Blurred Lines trial - even Ed Sheeran has been sued already but I guess that was before he was in contention for Glastonbury and you weren't on the lookout for your next 'Adele tax quote'.

We had this exact same argument last year when that awful c**t ripped off tom petty (or his team of song writers did anyway).

We were all in agreement that for some artists* it's just developing themes that other artists have begun, and is a form of tribute to musicians they respect and look up to. Like the flaming lips moving homage to cat stevens.

Whereas for other frauds** it's the lowest of the low, a cynical money grab off the back of a credible artists. Like the turd this thread is about and his attempt to dupe the public at the expense of a proper musician.

*people I like

**people I dont like

 

Edited August 11, 2016 by russycarps

[dentalplan]

1 minute ago, russycarps said:

We had this exact same argument last year when that awful c**t ripped off tom petty (or his team of song writers did anyway).

We were all in agreement that for some artists* it's just developing themes that other artists have begun, and is a form of tribute to musicians they respect and look up to.

Whereas for other frauds** it's the lowest of the low, a cynical money grab off the back of a credible artists.

*people I like

**people I dont like

 

Damn, we're ripping off last year's arguments.

[CaledonianGonzo]

But who ripped off Marvin Gaye best?

 

Was it The Stones (Now I've Got a Witness (Like Uncle Phil and Uncle Gene) is incredibly cheeky), the Beatles (You Can’t Do That owes a *lot* to Hitch Hike), Ed Sheeran or Blurred Lines Guy?

 

It was Blurred Lines Guy, wasn’t it?

[Caveyh]

We live in a world now though when there is only a handful of songs a year that are truly original... the other 95% of songs can be traced back to a different song, I don't get why people are just focusing on one person!

[russycarps]

Just now, Caveyh said:

We live in a world now though when there is only a handful of songs a year that are truly original... the other 95% of songs can be traced back to a different song, I don't get why people are just focusing on one person!

because he's a c**t

 

[FloorFiller]

2 minutes ago, Caveyh said:

We live in a world now though when there is only a handful of songs a year that are truly original... the other 95% of songs can be traced back to a different song, I don't get why people are just focusing on one person!

because the Marvin Gaye estate are cleaning up after the success of the Blurred Lines suit