Pharrell Williams: $7.3M Blurred Lines verdict threatens all artists

Re:Pharrell Williams: $7.3M Blurred Lines verdict threatens ... by hackerboos on Friday March 20, 2015 @09:23AM (#9237487)

I think many people know that this ruling is not some test-case that will unleash a wave of lawsuits.

People have been successfully sued for less than this, many times before...

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/sam-smith--tom-petty-...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_plagiarism#Cases

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Re:Pharrell Williams: $7.3M Blurred Lines verdict threatens ... by 3JPLW on Friday March 20, 2015 @10:36AM (#9237938)

To me, the Sam Smith "Won't Back Down" case was much more straight-forward: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkcZV97O3pw

But that's a very simple chord progression with common vocal hits, whereas this case seems to hinge on a very distinctive bass line and percussive style.

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Re:Pharrell Williams: $7.3M Blurred Lines verdict threatens ... by Lewton on Friday March 20, 2015 @11:20AM (#9238241)

Much more straight-forward. Much closer to being the same thing.

Would still have been pretty ridiculous if a verdict had been made that this counted as copyright infringement. (They settled it amicably)

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Re:Pharrell Williams: $7.3M Blurred Lines verdict threatens ... by duaneb on Friday March 20, 2015 @10:55AM (#9238061)

Most are settled out of court. This sets a very dangerous jurisprudence precedent.

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