tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513524515428334509.post969336716908195933..comments2024-03-26T10:41:35.852+00:00Comments on The 1709 Blog: Thicke and Williams crossed that blurred lineMarie-Andree Weisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17125973798789498436noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513524515428334509.post-54750150527384969882015-03-11T17:54:09.456+00:002015-03-11T17:54:09.456+00:00I wrote this the other day, on the earlier post, a...I wrote this the other day, on the earlier post, any view or information on this?<br /><br />"No evidence on any previous sound recordings or songs that have similarities to Gaye's song? Gaye wrote the song in 1977. Apparently to try to cater for the disco-crowd. It seems to me that a court, correctly instructed by counsel, should have a hard time finding this track original; given that we are many years into the disco-era and many, many years later than funk became a genre."<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513524515428334509.post-65695692503120932172015-03-11T15:09:45.228+00:002015-03-11T15:09:45.228+00:00I have to say this case has prompted more consider...I have to say this case has prompted more consideration of and comment on copyright law than I am used too! I have spent half the morning involved in a massive debate on FaceBook about the case. Interesting. Much much misunderstanding too - people still think this is about the 'groove' and the sound recordings. Its about the song!<br /><br />I was also sent what is perhaps the best analysis and comparison of the two SONGS I had seen - its here http://joebennett.net/2014/02/01/did-robin-thicke-steal-a-song-from-marvin-gaye/ and its by Prof Joe Bennett, writer and musicologist and Professor of Popular Music and Dean of School of Music & Performing Arts, Bath Spa University - it was written pre-trial.<br /><br />For what its worth I think the trial judge and the jury got it wrong. But the case will almost certainly be appealed so wiser and better heads than mine can decide!Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01868498334405853494noreply@blogger.com