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Thread started 08/22/15 4:36am

thebanishedone

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i know one unnoticed copy cat of When Doves Cry

How can i contact Princes team because this guy ripoff When Doves Cry and Wrote his name as an author
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Reply #1 posted 08/22/15 4:52am

bluegangsta

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You wont need to contact him. He will already know.

He already knew before the artist started making the song.

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Reply #2 posted 08/22/15 5:27am

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bluegangsta said:

You wont need to contact him. He will already know.

He already knew before the artist started making the song.



He knew the second that artist was conceived.
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Reply #3 posted 08/22/15 6:13am

thebanishedone

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not true this cover went unoticed maybe its because a Bosnian artist did it 20 years ago

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Reply #4 posted 08/22/15 6:14am

steakfinger

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How can i contact Princes team because this guy ripoff When Doves Cry and Wrote his name as an author

What's the name of the song and who is the Bosnian artist?

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Reply #5 posted 08/22/15 6:19am

tatocorcu

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not true this cover went unoticed maybe its because a Bosnian artist did it 20 years ago

I think it´s been posted before and it was hilarious...

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Reply #6 posted 08/22/15 6:29am

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82MlZiPYkVc

here it is this dude says he is the author of this song,he should be sued

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Reply #7 posted 08/22/15 6:46am

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steakfinger said:



thebanishedone said:


How can i contact Princes team because this guy ripoff When Doves Cry and Wrote his name as an author


What's the name of the song and who is the Bosnian artist?



Dino Merlin Ostace Istine Dvije .i posted the link above.
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Reply #8 posted 08/22/15 7:01am

Guitarhero

Sue his ass of Prince biggrin

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Reply #9 posted 08/22/15 7:16am

RodeoSchro

thebanishedone said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82MlZiPYkVc

here it is this dude says he is the author of this song,he should be sued



That is a link to video called "When We Were On Fire" by someone named James Bay. Doesn't sound a bit like WDC to me. The only similarity is both are in Aminor.

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Reply #10 posted 08/22/15 8:03am

kapo74

thebanishedone said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82MlZiPYkVc

here it is this dude says he is the author of this song,he should be sued

This is the right link... https://www.youtube.com/w...GInAZfsAVw

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Reply #11 posted 08/22/15 8:04am

kapo74

thebanishedone said:

steakfinger said:

What's the name of the song and who is the Bosnian artist?

Dino Merlin Ostace Istine Dvije .i posted the link above.

Only the wrong link... here's the right one https://www.youtube.com/w...InAZfsAVw

And yes, it is a total rip off of WDC!

[Edited 8/22/15 8:05am]

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Reply #12 posted 08/22/15 8:57am

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It only takes a few seconds to locate the relevant page on Wikipedia to see that Prince is listed in the credits of that song. That doesn't mean that he was credited back in the day, of course, but at least he is mentioned.

U been bamboozled, hoodwinked, took.
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Reply #13 posted 08/22/15 9:22am

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Here's a copy of the original 1993 CD's booklet and Prince is clearly credited (though as "Princ" lol ). IDK whether royalties were paid or not at the time given the mess that ex-Yugolslavia was back then, but credit was given where credit was due, so I don't know why this thread with false accusations rolleyes http://www.discogs.com/vi...se=2046402

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Reply #14 posted 08/22/15 10:44am

thebanishedone

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i had a copy of that album and it says the author is Dino Merlin,no Prince mention

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Reply #15 posted 08/22/15 10:46am

thebanishedone

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my cd booklet had no mention of Prince,this is alternate ooklet on discog and i bet he didnt pay royalities

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Reply #16 posted 08/22/15 12:02pm

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You can use titles, just not songs. I can use the same title and Prince can't do shit.

All you others say Hell Yea!! woot!
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Reply #17 posted 08/22/15 2:34pm

databank

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my cd booklet had no mention of Prince,this is alternate ooklet on discog and i bet he didnt pay royalities

OK, fair enough, anyway as I said we're talking about a former communist dictatorship that was in the middle of a bloody civil war when this album was released, and is still in such a state of misery today that it's not even part of the UE. For all I know your copy was a pirate copy, as it is common, and was even more common at the time in such countries, to print pirate copies of albums with both international and local acts. And even if it ain't it is common practice in such countries to disdain international copyrights, since local authorities do not care to enforce them: it's not like every artist in Bosnia paid royalties in 1993 except for this guy rolleyes

I'm pretty amazed at your thread. I mean OK u can make a thread to say that u found a Prince ripoff and that it's wrong to steal other people's songs, but the way u're like "how can I contact Prince, Prince absolutely needs to sue the guy" makes u sound like someone whose girlfriend was stolen by this Dino Merlin guy, or who has a personnal grudge with him so u're after his ass.

Prince is a multimillionaire, why do u care so much? It's not like there are no worse things happening in the world today than a Bosnian singer stealing a Prince song 22 years ago for chrissakes.

I'm sorry, I don't want to flame u or anything, it's just that the whole thing is surrealist.

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Reply #18 posted 08/22/15 2:39pm

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This is Bosnia in 1993: https://en.wikipedia.org/...osnian_War

I'm pretty sure enforcement of copyright laws was a HIGH priority back then lol

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Reply #19 posted 08/22/15 7:43pm

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Dino Merlin didnt stole my girl but i do hold grudge against him.he is one of the most popular artist in Bosnia,even Serbia yet every single song by him is ripoff of Lenny Kravitz,Simply Red,ub40 and many other artists and nobody ever sued him
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Reply #20 posted 08/23/15 2:31am

databank

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thebanishedone said:

Dino Merlin didnt stole my girl but i do hold grudge against him.he is one of the most popular artist in Bosnia,even Serbia yet every single song by him is ripoff of Lenny Kravitz,Simply Red,ub40 and many other artists and nobody ever sued him

OK fair enough. But maybe u're taking it too personal, still wink

R u from ex-Yugoslavia? Because u seem to know a lot about the dude (I'd never heard of him before)

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Reply #21 posted 08/23/15 3:50am

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It's been posted on the org, prince's team will see it.
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Reply #22 posted 08/23/15 12:19pm

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databank said:



thebanishedone said:


Dino Merlin didnt stole my girl but i do hold grudge against him.he is one of the most popular artist in Bosnia,even Serbia yet every single song by him is ripoff of Lenny Kravitz,Simply Red,ub40 and many other artists and nobody ever sued him

OK fair enough. But maybe u're taking it too personal, still wink


R u from ex-Yugoslavia? Because u seem to know a lot about the dude (I'd never heard of him before)


Yes i am. He is very popular and all of his stuff is ripoff.
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Reply #23 posted 08/24/15 3:49am

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Who cares? Do YOU wanna go over there and round up the 100 dollars this guy made from this and send it to prince? Let's see...spend <$300 on an airplane ticket to Bosnia...spend some money hunting this guy down if he isn't currently dead. Find a way to get $100 from him. Get another plane ticket for at least 300 and fly back. Head over to paisley park and knock on the door. Ur lucky if ANYone answers. If anyone does, it would be hard to get them to take the $100 from less they get caught up in Some litigation with some guy who's flying around the world and going to sketchy areas to round up royalty payments. Screams 'NOTHING BUT TROUBLE' from paisley parks perspective.
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Reply #24 posted 08/24/15 4:29am

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Are you talking about that song "Slave" written by some cat going by the name of prince back in the mid-90s? Yeah, that was a "When Doves Cry" rip-off.

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Reply #25 posted 08/24/15 4:34am

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kapo74 said:

This is the right link... https://www.youtube.com/w...GInAZfsAVw

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I don't understand the language. Are we sure it's not just a cover in a different language?

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Reply #26 posted 08/24/15 9:50am

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Lyrics are different Ostace istine dvije jedna da niceg bilo nije,druga da bolujem kao nikad prije that means :two different kind of truths will stay,one that there was nothing going on,second that im yearning like never before smile lyrics are nonsense,he even wanted to Princified it a bit with the line "your room smeled like honey" hehe
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Reply #27 posted 08/24/15 9:52am

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BobGeorge909 said:

Who cares? Do YOU wanna go over there and round up the 100 dollars this guy made from this and send it to prince? Let's see...spend <$300 on an airplane ticket to Bosnia...spend some money hunting this guy down if he isn't currently dead. Find a way to get $100 from him. Get another plane ticket for at least 300 and fly back. Head over to paisley park and knock on the door. Ur lucky if ANYone answers. If anyone does, it would be hard to get them to take the $100 from less they get caught up in Some litigation with some guy who's flying around the world and going to sketchy areas to round up royalty payments. Screams 'NOTHING BUT TROUBLE' from paisley parks Bobperspective.bob this Merlin dude isnt dead and he is rich not rich as Prince but Merlin is a millionere
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Reply #28 posted 08/24/15 10:00am

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thebanishedone said:

BobGeorge909 said:

Who cares? Do YOU wanna go over there and round up the 100 dollars this guy made from this and send it to prince? Let's see...spend <$300 on an airplane ticket to Bosnia...spend some money hunting this guy down if he isn't currently dead. Find a way to get $100 from him. Get another plane ticket for at least 300 and fly back. Head over to paisley park and knock on the door. Ur lucky if ANYone answers. If anyone does, it would be hard to get them to take the $100 from less they get caught up in Some litigation with some guy who's flying around the world and going to sketchy areas to round up royalty payments. Screams 'NOTHING BUT TROUBLE' from paisley parks Bobperspective.bob this Merlin dude isnt dead and he is rich not rich as Prince but Merlin is a millionere
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Point still stands that P isn't going to have much to recoup from his troubles. It doesn't seem this track pulled in much for P to take. It had like zero impact, and seemingly no sales. No one knows it exist...not even youtubers watching a baby dance along to it.

I was dismissive and insulting of this rich dude...because ultimately it was unimportant in regards to what the goal was.
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Reply #29 posted 08/24/15 10:00am

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[Edited 8/24/15 10:01am]
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