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elixier t1_j6exs59 wrote

Reply to comment by DraxtortheLock in Rick Astley sues Yung Gravy over alleged Never Gonna Give You Up imitation by redlightist

Yeah, and if you listen to the song, there have been cases won on songs that sounded way less like the original than this one does

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One-Almond5858 t1_j6f0ta8 wrote

>The rapper and his team allegedly cleared the use of the underlying musical composition of Never Gonna Give You Up

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elixier t1_j6f1ggs wrote

Lol clearly not, since otherwise Ricks legal team wouldn't be suing them lol

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lksdjsdk t1_j6f4pl3 wrote

Tey reading the article.

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Juan-More-Taco t1_j6fl986 wrote

Why don't you?

>However, Astley's lawyers said: "A license to use the original underlying musical composition does not authorise the stealing of the artist's voice in the original recording."

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lksdjsdk t1_j6h266v wrote

That's what I was referring to.

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DraxtortheLock t1_j6eyr63 wrote

Those songs do not interpolate. There's a difference between copying a beat or sound and getting clearance to interpolate an existing song

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