Apple Dragged Into Lawsuit Involving Singer Ariana Grande

[Bubba Satori]

Tim should send Dre to his house one night.

 

[iMember]

Quick--everyone make comments about how this is all Apple's fault!!!

You do know Spider-man it's a rip off from Batman-Superman right? Super Spider-Man get it? or look in the sky! it's a bird! it's a plane! No! It's your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man! Spidey it's using not one but two grapple guns xD, Superman's colors (Red & Blue) and Batman's Logo on the chest, also merk with the mouth and breaking the fourth wall - copy that from Deadpool

You probably had no idea about this? or probably u did? - because that would explain better why you don't have any problem with thieves making money from stealing others ideas!
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Tim should send Dre to his house one night.

But there's one problem..it's a dude! not a woman! so Dre might be the one in trouble

 

[testcard]

Who? Good grief, I'm only just getting to grips with Frank Ocean.

 

[duervo]

In other news, Dunkin Donuts is also suing her for licking donuts.

For clarity: That's not Dunkin Donuts. It's a small, family-owned business, called Wolfee Donuts.

Regarding that girl: She's got a lot of growing up to do. Some never do, so only time will tell.

 

[DeepIn2U]

Sounds silly that Apple has to check that every song they have in iTunes has the right copyright and licenses and does not infringe on any other songs .... this seems to be almost impossible to do - Not sure how things are done, but I think whoever publishes somewhere signs that they have all the rights they need to do so, in which case the publishing Artist should be sued (not the 'store' where they sell their stuff and that they might have lied to)

Apple is the distributor and by agreement yes Apple is responsible I believe according to copyright law. They're no different or any separation from the classic Radio station playing a record without the labels authorization because the music distributed can actually be consumed/recorded/owned/played back by the end user. Plain and simple ... this guy will win ... weather Apple will need to fork over dollars remains to be seen.

In other news, Dunkin Donuts is also suing her for licking donuts.

Man the picture of the article for this so-called-artist looks like some kiddi-porn and disgusts me already. Now she's licking donuts and tonging some bonehead fool cause it's the cool for little girls as their parents said don't date some type of guy which is "half" acceptable to their culture or tableside manner ... nalsty!

Kid needs a parental backslap! hope someone gives her a street-surprise in her next meal

Where does Frank Ocean fit into all of this?

You mean Billy Ocean?
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Unless you're in the industry, shut the **** up.

David Guetta is a magnet for lawsuits. He's irresponsible and doesn't care much for other artists work.

Apple is rightfully named in the suit. If Greggs is the rightful songwriter, he deserves every last penny from all parties involved, including Apple, who has not been paying Gregg's PRO his fair share.

Again, unless you are in the industry, go complain about the new MBP or "lack of innovation," in the next iPhone.

Bravo!

 

[Porco]

Unless you're in the industry, shut the **** up.

David Guetta is a magnet for lawsuits. He's irresponsible and doesn't care much for other artists work.

Apple is rightfully named in the suit. If Greggs is the rightful songwriter, he deserves every last penny from all parties involved, including Apple, who has not been paying Gregg's PRO his fair share.

Again, unless you are in the industry, go complain about the new MBP or "lack of innovation," in the next iPhone.

How rude. People are allowed an opinion, regardless of whether they are in the (or any) industry or not. Your substantive points are fair enough, but the bigoted elitism is not.

I hope you feel free to comment on anything you like, but humbly suggest you allow others the same courtesy in future.

 

[nooaah]

Edit: ugh multi quoting is painful on iOS.

 

[DEMinSoCAL]

For clarity: That's not Dunkin Donuts. It's a small, family-owned business, called Wolfee Donuts.

Regarding that girl: She's got a lot of growing up to do. Some never do, so only time will tell.

Her brother is no role model, either.

 

[duervo]

Her brother is no role model, either.

Makes one wonder what kind of parents they had growing up if they're both like that now. Bleh.

 

[Fender2112]

I pretty sure I would not stake claim to either of those songs. They both sound like remakes of 1990's club music. They all have that same beat and synthesized sound.

 

[0388631]

Sounds like a Starbucks drink.

 

[r3m1]

Apple is a firm believer wrt to copyrights so I think they got Alex covered and will resolve this dispute.

 

[Cigsm]

Yes, this guy, who is one of the top songwriters and record producers in the business, doesn't know how copyright law and licenses work

This guy doesn't know how copyright laws and licenses work.. it's not distributors job to check those documents. The held accountability is that of the original artist and those who filled the paperwork. He can go after Apple for continuing to allow the material to be available but they also have a right to protect their interest and stake in that said material.. blah blah blah.. I'll shut up now..

Just cannot stand the music "business" these days... such a joke!

[doublepost=1472098506][/doublepost]As one of the top songwriters and producers in the biz, producing and writing with people like Justin Timberlake, me thinks he'll be ok

That guy is going to spend a lot of money. This kind of lawsuits for copyright infringement of music are very complicated, and unless you have a ton of money and resources, you'll get nowhere else except becoming totally broke.

 

[sudo1996]

I only remember this girl as a cute actor in the Nickelodeon shows. I find it suspicious that so many famous, attractive female actors become famous singers. What, do they all happen to be so multitalented? Can't be. It just means the music industry works differently now

 

[cloudness]

Unless you're in the industry, shut the **** up.

Again, unless you are in the industry, go complain about the new MBP or "lack of innovation," in the next iPhone.

You must be in the industry, you're full of that Dre-style rapper bling talk.

 

[Abazigal]

How would he avoid Apple being sued???

By going thermonuclear on the plaintiff and making such an example of him that other outlets think thrice before thinking of crossing paths with Apple.

That's the only way you stand up to such nonsense - with a very very big stick.

 

[gnasher729]

Sounds silly that Apple has to check that every song they have in iTunes has the right copyright and licenses and does not infringe on any other songs .... this seems to be almost impossible to do - Not sure how things are done, but I think whoever publishes somewhere signs that they have all the rights they need to do so, in which case the publishing Artist should be sued (not the 'store' where they sell their stuff and that they might have lied to)

It is silly. That's what the DMCA is for. If someone (like Apple) publishes materials that you think infringe your copyright, you send a DMCA takedown notice to Apple, and they remove it. If he didn't do that, then all Apple needs to do to defend themselves is to state that they didn't receive a DMCA takedown notice. On the other hand, if he sends such a notice and Apple takes down the content, then the real artist can tell Apple that they do indeed have the rights and the music goes back up again, and you still can't sue Apple, and of course that artist will then countersue for damages.

 

[Mark.]

Apart of the - very simple might I add - first three chords of the riff, there is very little similarity between the songs. There are probably hundreds of songs that use those same three chords in that way. This is pretty desperate.

 

[F1Mac]

Well first of all there's just one small problem: I've listened to both songs, and they don't sound alike. This chord progession is probably in thousands of songs. Someone else could have easily sued him as well! Although he's got 400k views and Arianna's song is at 280 million...

What a stupid lawsuit!


[edit] oh, mark above beat me to it!

 

[Bodie CI5]

Starflyer, I thank you for making me laugh on a packed train this morning...

 

[Gasu E.]

Someone stole my car! I'm totally suing Apple for this!

Brazil has video recordings that show that actually, you drunkenly misplaced your car. BUSTED!

 

[S.B.G]

Greggs accuses Apple, as the operator of iTunes, of failing to verify that Grande and the other defendants had reached copyright and synchronization license agreements, and other contractual agreements, with him prior to releasing "One Last Time" as a digital download on iTunes and for streaming on Apple Music. He filed a similar claim against Universal Music Group as distributor of the single.

Is that something that Apple, Spotify, Google et al, normally do before allowing artists and songs onto their platforms; vetting if they're the proper owns of the music?

 

[mattcha90]

A- I do not hear similarities in the songs
B- this guys is trying, and failing miserably, to be Jason Derulo.

 

[unplugme71]

Yep. Really sounds like this guy is taking the approach of suing every link in the chain, hoping that one of those links will settle out of court for a nice sum. Universal might be a target, but Apple seems like a stretch.

Oh, yeah, he can probably sue me too. I think I used my ears to hear one of those songs while someone else played it. I should have had my earphones on to block it out. Here's your nickel.

Please PM me your mailing address so I can send the legal docs.