A copyright infringement lawsuit has been filed against rapper Megan Thee Stallion, Warner Music Group and others over her hit song. The Savage dismissed by a New York federal court.
A case, brought by a hip-hop producer James Greenehe suspected that The Savage lifted elements from his 1999 instrumental It’s getting light.
Greene said he sent CDs containing his music to people in the industry in the early 2000s, including the band’s advisor. The Savage the producer J. White Did it.
However, a US District Judge Katherine Polk Failla allowed Megan Thee Stallion and other defendants to have the case dismissed entirely, the law firm. Pryor Cashmanwho represented the defendants, said so in a statement released to the media last week (June 18).
The judge ruled that Greene failed to provide sufficient evidence that the defendants had access to Greene’s work.
“Judge Failla heard the works in question, and in his review, he found that ‘the plaintiff cannot claim that his work was similar to Savage’s under any circumstances. [the substantial similarity or striking similarity] standard, thereby providing an independent reason for dismissal.’”
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Even if Greene had access, the judge found enough similarity between the two songs, the law firm said.
“Judge Failla heard the works in question, and in his review, he found that ‘the plaintiff cannot claim that his work was similar to Savage’s under any circumstances. [the substantial similarity or striking similarity] level, thereby providing an independent reason for dismissal.’ He concluded that ‘any appeal’ of his dismissal ‘will not be taken seriously,’” Pryor Cashman said.
Digital Music News reports, citing the judge’s decision, that although both tracks share the same time signature and rhythm sequence, these elements are not protected by copyright. Additionally, the use of “siren sounds and piano instruments,” while present in both songs, was deemed “qualitatively different” by the court.
“Despite this unguarded and indefensible structural similarity,” wrote Judge Failla, “the essence of the two drum patterns is qualitatively different, and would prevent the casual listener from finding substantial similarities.”
The withdrawal of this lawsuit comes amid a wave of similar music copyright lawsuits filed against artists in recent months. Earlier this month, the Latin singer Fed was sued for allegedly infringing his 2022 song Ferxxo 100 and two other songs.
At that time, a case was filed for copyright infringement Ed Sheeran over his song Thinking Out Loud continues in New York as the plaintiff in one of the two lawsuits over the song has appealed the previous decision.
Earlier this year, a New York court dismissed a copyright lawsuit filed by a singer-songwriter Greg Perry against Roddy Ricch on top of his 2019 megahit The box after a jury couldn’t find much similarity between that song and Perry’s 1975 R&B song Go Down.
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