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"Prince Estate Waging War In Court...?
While Prince's estate sorts out who will be adorned as its heir, it appears they'll also have to handle matters in Italy, where a court ruled that "The Most Beautiful Girl In The World" was plagiarized from the 1983 song "Takin' Me To Paradise" by songwritersBruno Bergonzi and Michele Vicino. The Italian songwriters initially filed suit in 1995 following the release of "Most Beautiful Girl," but were ruled against.
Winning in their first appeal (2007) and final ruling (arriving in 2015,) Bergonzi and Vicino are looking to finally collect. According to Billboard, that last ruling banned the distribution of "Most Beautiful Girl" in Italy, mandated that Prince himself pay for the sentence to be published in two Italian dailies and two specialty mags (like Billboard?) and that the song's publishers, Warner Chappell Italy, deliver the verdict to Prince's doorstep. Apparently that was attempted at one point, but they were unable to find anyone home upon arrival. And now with the icon's passing, the estate itself will have to handle these demands.
It should be noted that Bergonzi and Vicino are now acknowledged as the writers of "The Most Beautiful Girl In The World," at least in Italy. Whether they'll see the rest of those damages met by the estates is still to be seen. But it appears we now know why Prince wouldn't let the track go to Kevin Smith for Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back, a tale that should certainly be revisited if you're unfamiliar. - As seen on www.okayplayer.com/news
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Reply #1 posted 07/21/16 3:10pm
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ForeverPaisley said:
While Prince's estate sorts out who will be adorned as its heir, it appears they'll also have to handle matters in Italy, where a court ruled that "The Most Beautiful Girl In The World" was plagiarized from the 1983 song "Takin' Me To Paradise" by songwritersBruno Bergonzi and Michele Vicino. The Italian songwriters initially filed suit in 1995 following the release of "Most Beautiful Girl," but were ruled against.
Winning in their first appeal (2007) and final ruling (arriving in 2015,) Bergonzi and Vicino are looking to finally collect. According to Billboard, that last ruling banned the distribution of "Most Beautiful Girl" in Italy, mandated that Prince himself pay for the sentence to be published in two Italian dailies and two specialty mags (like Billboard?) and that the song's publishers, Warner Chappell Italy, deliver the verdict to Prince's doorstep. Apparently that was attempted at one point, but they were unable to find anyone home upon arrival. And now with the icon's passing, the estate itself will have to handle these demands.
It should be noted that Bergonzi and Vicino are now acknowledged as the writers of "The Most Beautiful Girl In The World," at least in Italy. Whether they'll see the rest of those damages met by the estates is still to be seen. But it appears we now know why Prince wouldn't let the track go to Kevin Smith for Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back, a tale that should certainly be revisited if you're unfamiliar. - As seen on www.okayplayer.com/news
It wouldn't let me put my question below in the initial post for some reason.
What is the deal with this...did Prince really 'plagarize' this song?! I'm pretty surprised by this mainly because of how prolific he was in the song writing department. Are there any more details about this? They won the appeal after it initially was ruled out ?! Are there other songs like this? So confused.   Dance where y'are, just groove y'all.
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Reply #2 posted 07/21/16 3:19pm
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ForeverPaisley said:
ForeverPaisley said:
It wouldn't let me put my question below in the initial post for some reason.
What is the deal with this...did Prince really 'plagarize' this song?! I'm pretty surprised by this mainly because of how prolific he was in the song writing department. Are there any more details about this? They won the appeal after it initially was ruled out ?! Are there other songs like this? So confused.
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We already digested this one days ago, complete with links to the Italian song.
http://prince.org/msg/7/429648
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Reply #3 posted 07/21/16 4:35pm
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ForeverPaisley said:
ForeverPaisley said:
While Prince's estate sorts out who will be adorned as its heir, it appears they'll also have to handle matters in Italy, where a court ruled that "The Most Beautiful Girl In The World" was plagiarized from the 1983 song "Takin' Me To Paradise" by songwritersBruno Bergonzi and Michele Vicino. The Italian songwriters initially filed suit in 1995 following the release of "Most Beautiful Girl," but were ruled against.
Winning in their first appeal (2007) and final ruling (arriving in 2015,) Bergonzi and Vicino are looking to finally collect. According to Billboard, that last ruling banned the distribution of "Most Beautiful Girl" in Italy, mandated that Prince himself pay for the sentence to be published in two Italian dailies and two specialty mags (like Billboard?) and that the song's publishers, Warner Chappell Italy, deliver the verdict to Prince's doorstep. Apparently that was attempted at one point, but they were unable to find anyone home upon arrival. And now with the icon's passing, the estate itself will have to handle these demands.
It should be noted that Bergonzi and Vicino are now acknowledged as the writers of "The Most Beautiful Girl In The World," at least in Italy. Whether they'll see the rest of those damages met by the estates is still to be seen. But it appears we now know why Prince wouldn't let the track go to Kevin Smith for Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back, a tale that should certainly be revisited if you're unfamiliar. - As seen on www.okayplayer.com/news
It wouldn't let me put my question below in the initial post for some reason. What is the deal with this...did Prince really 'plagarize' this song?! I'm pretty surprised by this mainly because of how prolific he was in the song writing department. Are there any more details about this? They won the appeal after it initially was ruled out ?! Are there other songs like this? So confused. ---Italian courts are corrupt in America it depends on how many notes you use. They never brought the case to America and the Estate has to do is pull the sing off of Tidal no distrubution means no money. |
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Reply #4 posted 07/21/16 4:48pm
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Reply #5 posted 07/21/16 4:49pm
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ForeverPaisley said:
ForeverPaisley said:
It wouldn't let me put my question below in the initial post for some reason.
What is the deal with this...did Prince really 'plagarize' this song?! I'm pretty surprised by this mainly because of how prolific he was in the song writing department. Are there any more details about this? They won the appeal after it initially was ruled out ?! Are there other songs like this? So confused.
I'm surprised this happened. Look at country, reggae and blues. There should be constant lawsuits. Now, I'm not saying it all sounds the same!  |
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