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Here's a youtube link comparing the two songs. I think they did plagiarize it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adzkV58Gpqs
Did Avril Lavigne Steal 'Girlfriend'?
By LARRY LEBLANC, Reuters
Posted: 2007-07-05 18:16:08
Filed Under: Celebrities in Court, Star Scandals, Music
(July 5) -- Avril Lavigne is being sued by two songwriters who claim that her hit "Girlfriend" sounds like a track their American power pop band recorded in the '70s.
Tommy Dunbar, the founder of the Rubinoos, filed the suit in California's Northern Federal District Court in San Francisco July 2. The suit alleges that "Girlfriend" bears striking similarities to the Rubinoos' song "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend," co-written by Dunbar and former Rubinoos' road manager James Gangwer, and released by Beserkley Records in 1978.
Avril Lavigne's manager says the suit is baseless, and that a musicologist he hired to study both tracks has deemed them completely different songs.
The lawsuit also names as defendants Lavigne's publishing company, Avril Lavigne Publishing, and the co-writer of "Girlfriend," producer/remixer Dr. Luke.
Dunbar and Jon Rubin formed the Rubinoos as middle school students in Berkeley, Calif., in 1973. The band is best known for its 1977 remake of the Tommy James and the Shondells' hit, "I Think We're Alone Now," which reached No. 45 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Lavigne's Vancouver-based manager, Terry McBride, CEO of Nettwerk Music Group, claims the suit "has no basis. There's nothing similar (between the two songs)," he said. "Our musicologist says there (are) no similarities of melody, choral progression or meter."
McBride, however, might settle the suit out of court if the costs of defending the case start to prove too high. He said, "You are forced to consider doing this because American lawyers can do these cases on contingency. If I defend and win, it costs me $300,000 U.S. If I go to get my costs back, the other party declares bankruptcy. You end up footing the bill."
McBride added, "Avril has insurance that covers off these sort of suits that are so prevalent in this business."
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Here's a youtube link comparing the two songs. I think they did plagiarize it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adzkV58Gpqs
ins ute the law "loser pays" and you get rid of flakey BS lawsuits.McBride, however, might settle the suit out of court if the costs of defending the case start to prove too high. He said, "You are forced to consider doing this because American lawyers can do these cases on contingency. If I defend and win, it costs me $300,000 U.S. If I go to get my costs back, the other party declares bankruptcy. You end up footing the bill
Tort reform please...
huh?
how can u get sued for copying your own stuff?
im gonna sue kori then.
whatever. If it is true, both song's will be even more famous after all the publicity ...
Since when did it become a rule that Avril had to write her own music anyways?
Avril Lavigne sucks anyway...her music is terrible.
Those songs sound alot alike...as far as the hook goes. I just think Avril Lavigne is a joke of a "musician"...I remember reading that The Matrix who produced her first album said they basically made her songs and her image and her songwriting credits on Complicated were just a word or two.
I thought this song sounded alot like Toni Basil's "Mickey". There's a couple of songs on her new album that sound like that.
So you bought her new CD?
oh no. I downloaded it.So you bought her new CD?
Why the would a piece of performer need to steal a piece of song?
They both copied "Get Off of My Cloud"
They both sound alike to me, like crap.
Who you gonna call?
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