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| From | bob <segarini@rogers.com> |
| Subject | Re: [canadianclassicrock] Rough week for Avril |
| Date | Thu, 5 Jul 2007 13:25:44 -0400 (EDT) |
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You think Avril's got problems...
Aldus Huxley, Little Richard, Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, Alisteir Crowley, And A Bunch Of Dead British Poets Sue Remaining Members Of Led Zeppelin
(Associated Press/AP Wire Service)
Members of Led Zeppelin were served a lawsuit this morning, (Thursday), asking for more than US$1.9 Billion dollars in plagerism and intellectual property theft by more than 4 dozen dead or dying artists that claim the band used their creations to, "make scads of money and reduce our original, artistic, creations to popular entertainment that only white college students and middle aged white people can dance to, and stoners understand"
Robert Johnson, speaking through the latest 15 year old guitar whiz, (who channeled Johnson's talent through a spokesman for the Devil, whom he met at a McDonald's), said, "About damn time dey paid dere dues".
Aldus Huxley did not return calls concerning the matter, but was heard to mutter, "Plynth, my ass", from his tomb outside of London..
daddyo@telusplanet.net wrote:
Kinda sounds like that old favourite
"Hey Hugh Get Offa McLeod"
Brock Gillis
daddyo@telusplanet.net
"Be thinking of B-3's and Leslies goin round"
"Friends help you move. Real friends help you move bodies. Great friends help
you move your B3"
Quoting Bob Reid <TriplePlayer@canada.com>:
> First Chantal Kreviazuked all over her for stealing songs, now
> this ... go to http://www.thestar.com to hear clips of the songs in
> question:
>
> Lavigne sued by songwriters over 'Girlfriend'
>
> July 04, 2007
> Cassandra Szklarski
> Canadian press
>
> Canadian punk princess Avril Lavigne is being sued by U.S.
> songwriters who claim that her smash hit "Girlfriend" sounds
> suspiciously like a single they released in the 1970s.
>
> Lavigne's manager, Terry McBride, says the pop starlet is one of
> several people named in a lawsuit filed July 2 that alleges striking
> similarities to the Rubinoos song "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend."
>
> McBride, also CEO of Nettwerk Music Group, dismissed the suit
> Wednesday as baseless, calling it a "case of legal blackmail."
>
> "Avril's a great songwriter and she's proving it over and over and
> over again," McBride said from Vancouver, noting that Lavigne heard
> the Rubinoos song for the first time after learning of the suit.
>
> "Avril's very, very sensible. She knows music well. If the chords had
> been similar, the melodies had been similar, lyrics had been similar,
> the metre, she would have gone, `OK, I can see their point.' But
> nothing's similar."
>
> Songwriters Tommy Dunbar and James Gangwer filed suit in California's
> Northern Federal District Court and also name Lavigne's publishing
> company, Avril Lavigne Publishing, and Lavigne's songwriting partner
> Dr. Luke as defendants.
>
> The Rubinoos song came out in 1979 and features the poppy chorus:
> ``Hey, hey, you, you, I wanna be your boyfriend," much like Lavigne's
> more up-tempo hit, which goes, "Hey, hey, you, you, I don't like your
> girlfriend."
>
> McBride said he hired a musicologist to study both tracks when he
> received a draft of the allegations about six weeks ago.
>
> "This one came back so solidly on our side it's just ridiculous," he
> said.
>
> Still, McBride, admitted that he is considering settling the suit out
> of court if the costs of defending the case prove too high. He noted
> that a similar claim against Sarah McLachlan roughly 10 years ago
> cost the label roughly $500,000 to defeat in court. When Nettwerk
> tried to recoup the costs from the plaintiffs, they declared
> bankruptcy, he said.
>
> "It's a very simple case of legal blackmail. It's an unfortunate part
> of this business," McBride said.
>
> "We will try and settle for costs that will be less than defending so
> we'd be further ahead. Emotionally, it sucks. But at the end of the
> day you have to take that out of it."
>
> Attempts to reach the plaintiffs Wednesday were not immediately
> successful.
>
> The legal blow is just the latest in a series of jabs that question
> Lavigne's songwriting claims.
>
> Winnipeg songstress Chantal Kreviazuk last month suggested to
> Performing Songwriter magazine that Lavigne stole one of her songs
> for the disc The Best Damn Thing.
>
> Kreviazuk told the publication she had given Lavigne a song
> called "Contagious" two years ago and was surprised to see a track
> with the same name on Lavigne's current disc with a credit to Lavigne
> and songwriter Evan Taubenfeld.
>
> McBride said Kreviazuk has never even heard the Lavigne track and
> retracted her statement.
>
> "I know, personally, she regrets saying what she said," said McBride,
> adding the songs are nothing alike. "The interviewer obviously got
> Chantal on a bad day."
>
> The hitmakers behind "Sk8er Boi" and "I'm With You" have also slagged
> Lavigne's writing credits.
>
> Songwriter Lauren Christie of the production team the Matrix told
> Rolling Stone that Lavigne did little but "change a word here or
> there." Lavigne has insisted the pair crafted the melodies and lyrics
> together.
>
> McBride said the barrage of criticism is just part of being at the
> top of the charts.
>
> "Everyone comes after the stars. If Avril was not successful, they
> wouldn't really care," he said.
>
>
>
>
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