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Could the rights holders of Marvin Gaye's work be sued for copyright infringement of an older, yet still quixotically copyrighted, work? Not only would such a m
by possibilistic 12y ago
Could the rights holders of Marvin Gaye's work be sued for copyright infringement of an older, yet still quixotically copyrighted, work? Not only would such a move highlight everything wrong with the verdict, but it would also be quite poetic.
- logn 12y agoBridgeport Music themselves pointed out that Funkadelic's Sexy Ways (1974) is similar to Blurred Lines--and so transitively it's similar to Got to give it up (1977), right? But Bridgeport owns the catalog of Gaye and Funkadelic. George Clinton's take: https://twitter.com/george_clinton/statuses/368210216828932096 https://twitter.com/george_clinton/statuses/3682102168289320... Statute of limitations is 3 years from last date of infringement (which I guess is today since this music is all still being sold).