Wednesday, October 31, 2012

It's Always a Good Time!... Unless You're Being Sued

Canada's newest starlet, Carly Rae Jepsen, is facing a lawsuit. Her collaboration with Owl City has been gaining controversy because apparantly they ripped it off from a song created in 2010 by an artist known as Allyson Nicole Burnett. When I heard of this lawsuit it made me think of the mashup class that we had just had. To what extent is something considered "new" and not a copy of another persons work?

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I listened to both songs, and I can hear the similarity, but in only about a 10 second snippet of the song. The beat wasn't stolen, and not even the lyrics. The only similarity is when Carly Rae is singing, "Whoah Ah Oh Ah Oh Ah Oh". Even that part of the song, I don't find as being that similar. If I had heard each song individually without hearing that one was being sued for stealing the other, I would not have thought that they bore any resembelance.

Take a listen to Good Time, and to Ah Its a Love Song. What do you think? Is it a rip off? Is it just coincidence, or did Owl City and Carly Rae Jepsen just get inspiration from this song?
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  1. UnknownNovember 1, 2012 at 8:21 AM

    Whoa!! The similarity in the chorus is pretty undeniable. I'm not sure that it's grounds for a lawsuit though. The rest of the songs are quite different, as well as the types of songs. Honestly, I'm not sure if the similarities are grounds for a lawsuit, but I imagine Allyson Nicole Burnett was upset that her song didn't make nearly as much money.. or isn't as popular as Carly Rae's. The songs are quite similar though, so I'll be interested to find out how this lawsuit ends!

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