News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on The ‘Blurred Lines’ case scared songwriters, but its time may be up. Parent comment

Re:The ‘Blurred Lines’ case scared songwriters, but its time... by midgetjones on Thursday March 26, 2020 @11:40AM (#22694635)
He did demand royalties, he gets a 40% cut as well.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:The ‘Blurred Lines’ case scared songwriters, but its time... by gamblor956 on Thursday March 26, 2020 @03:21PM (#22696925)
Roughly 40% of the lyrics are dialogue from two of his movies or describing scenes from those movies (Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs), so a 40% cut of the songwriters' share of royalties is appropriate.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:The ‘Blurred Lines’ case scared songwriters, but its time... by onion2k on Thursday March 26, 2020 @04:19PM (#22697522)
He didn't write any of the song. He just made something that contributed to it.

Saying he wrote part of it is like the person who mixed Davinci's paint claiming to have painted part of the Mona Lisa.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:The ‘Blurred Lines’ case scared songwriters, but its time... by nailer on Thursday March 26, 2020 @04:38PM (#22697736)
It's more like if Mona Lisa incorporated a background from another artist.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:The ‘Blurred Lines’ case scared songwriters, but its time... by mhh__ on Thursday March 26, 2020 @08:18PM (#22699349)
Sets a pretty stupid precedent.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sX1iIx-LMYM

This song's lyrics solely samples audio from Indiana Jones - 100% of the royalties go to Disney? Morally, I don't think Disney have any right to it, but I could maybe tolerate some payment - however, proportionality?

[ Parent | on HN ]