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Gaga in lawsuit with Soundcloud singer over Shallow

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Late last month (July 29), Katy Perry was ordered to pay $2.78 million to the Christian rapper Flame, after a jury ruled that she (or whoever writes her songs) had taken a 6-note sequence from one of his songs, “Joyful Noise”. Following the successful lawsuit, lawyers spoke to Billboard about the possibility that “this will cause more cases to be brought” and, well, we might be seeing the effects already.

Specifically, Lady Gaga is the subject of a lawsuit alleging that she plagiarised a little-known singer-songwriter, Steve Ronsen, for her massive song “Shallow”, which she sang with Bradley Cooper in A Star Is Born. The basis of his claim is that the hook of “Shallow” is based on just a similar three-note progression – G, A, B – from his 2012 song, “Almost”.

Ronsen – who is backed up by “a renowned and respected musicologist and professor who determined that there are significant tempo, melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic similarities between the two ‘hooks’ of the songs at issue” – is reportedly asking for millions. Before its publicity was boosted by the case, “Almost” apparently had fewer than 300 streams.

Gaga’s team have branded the move a “brazen shakedown” while her lawyer, Orin Snyder, adds: “Mr. Ronsen and his lawyer are trying to make easy money off the back of a successful artist. It is shameful and wrong.”

“I applaud Lady Gaga for having the courage and integrity to stand up on behalf of successful artists who find themselves on the receiving end of such (claims). Should Mr. Shirian (Ronsen’s attorney) proceed with this case, Lady Gaga will fight it vigorously and will prevail.”

This isn’t actually the first time Lady Gaga has been accused of copyright infringement (as is probably to be expected with such a huge artist). In 2016, she was sued unsuccessfully by the artist French video artist Orlan for her imagery in the “Born This Way” video. Artnet reports that Orlan ended up paying the singer and Universal $18,000 in fees.

 

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1 hour ago, Hylia said:

And we have that dumbass Dark Horse lawsuit to blame for this orangu1 

Honestly, I do think we should really have a proper legal panel that is extremely knowledgable in music to handle this case cause gurl... the dangerous precedents that have occurred lately orangu1

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2 hours ago, Hylia said:

And we have that dumbass Dark Horse lawsuit to blame for this orangu1 

This case and Blurred Lines set a HORRIBLE fucking precedent. I hate these no1curr artists trying to profit off big names because no one wants to stream their shitty music. Gaga did nothing wrong, and neither did Katy.

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11 hours ago, Freaky Prince said:

Before this, his song had less than 300 listens on SC and he had only 1 monthly listener on Spotify gag1 

He thought... gag1 

Lady Gaga apparently. gag1 She misspelled "Ronson" as in "Mark Ronson" and found that guy's Soundcloud. gag1 

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What a reach istg. I hope this case flops and Katy can appeal the DH ruling. 

 

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