From The Hollywood Reporter:

Lots of today's songs have similiar chords to older songs,but unless they sampled the Marvin Gaye song directly,I don't think there's a case here.

"Gaye defendants are claiming ownership of an entire genre, as opposed to a specific work." Really gtfoh with genre claiming.

WTF????

They know good and damn well that's the music from GTGIU!

[Warning: NSFW - luv4u]

http://www.youtube.com/wa...wT6DZCQi9k

The question is WHO wrote the music and therefore owns the copyright to it, that's not named in this lawsuit?

this is what happens when u try and take credit for what someone else did

he and Pharrell straight up hijacked Marvin Gaye's music and Funkadelic...

it's an all out hijack......

I'm sick of it

artists need to take time to make their own music out of their own thoughts

if he wouldn't have pulled a hijack, this would not have happened

and this is why the pop ascension movement which began to obliterate culture in 1987 has destroyed the very fabric of what making music is really supposed to be about...

Proactive nonsense.

They jacked the track.

NEXT.

As much as I want to think of this as a mere publicity stunt, I am still a bit annoyed with Thicke. This song is obviously channeling Marvin Gaye. The first time I heard this song, that's the first thing I thought of. I think Thicke is taking this too far. To sue the families of those who created this sound is pretty low. Aren't they supposed to handle all this stuff ahead of time (before the song is released)? I could have sworn I read somewhere that he had all the copyright clearances ahead of time.

Seems like Robin Thicke is going the route of a colonist on this one....show up, steal it and pretend it was yours all along.

So I'm assuming in the album's liner notes, they don't say the song contains a sample of "Got To Give It Up" from Marvin Gaye? I have often times seen that. Where a song was clearly sampled yet was not credited in the liner notes. If this is the case with Robin, it's not fair. The Marvin song is definately sampled so the song writers should definately be compensated for it. I'm assuming Marvin was the writer or a co-writer on "Got To Give It Up"? His estate should be compensated.

this is called hijacking

and that's why at teh age of 15, when this practice really began to proliferate

I've always been against the concept of sampling.....

it cheats everyone out of the process of producing authentic music and being presented with it..

this is flat out stealing...PERIOD.....

I don't see anything wrong with sampling because most contemporary songwriters today don't know how to write music. They can write lyrics but not music where instruments are required. So, in many cases, they are left with sampling what's already been done. But, if they choose to do that, they have to give credit where credit it due. Don't outright sample a song, pretend like it was an original idea and not note the sample in the liner notes. That's just flat out wrong and, I thought, illegal. I mean, did Robin's label think people are really that stupid???

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SoulAlive said:

Lots of today's songs have similiar chords to older songs,but unless they sampled the Marvin Gaye song directly,I don't think there's a case here.

You don't necessary have to sample directly from the source (vinyl record, cassette tape, compact disc, or mp3 file) to be guilty of beat biting. If you play the exact notes in any scale OR play the same chord progression, then there is a possible case.

kitbradley said:

I don't see anything wrong with sampling because most contemporary songwriters today don't know how to write music. They can write lyrics but not music where instruments are required. So, in many cases, they are left with sampling what's already been done. But, if they choose to do that, they have to give credit where credit it due. Don't outright sample a song, pretend like it was an original idea and not note the sample in the liner notes. That's just flat out wrong and, I thought, illegal. I mean, did Robin's label think people are really that stupid???

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I wish sampling was illegal.

kitbradley said:

kitbradley said:

I don't see anything wrong with sampling because most contemporary songwriters today don't know how to write music. They can write lyrics but not music where instruments are required. So, in many cases, they are left with sampling what's already been done. But, if they choose to do that, they have to give credit where credit it due. Don't outright sample a song, pretend like it was an original idea and not note the sample in the liner notes. That's just flat out wrong and, I thought, illegal. I mean, did Robin's label think people are really that stupid???

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u just highlighted the crux of the situation...THTAT'S THE PROBLEM

before the Pop Ascension started in 1987, most songwriters COULD write their own music, they could conceive melody, they could arrange songs from beginning to end......

but now they can't because image took precedence over talent and that's why today's artists HAVE to rely on sampling, then try and play it off like they didn't as if the people who grew up during the golden age of music wouldn't know that they did.....

the problem w/this situation is that Robin doesn't want to kick out the money for hijacking Marvin Gaye's song, so to keep from doing, knowing that he and Pharrell hijacked, he sues Marvin Gaye's own family.......

andykeen said:

Any woman (and man) who likes this song is an utter prick in my opinion. Not only is this track hijacked and pulled together by the most uninspiring no talented ass holes, it is also totally disrespectful to women. The video alone fucked me off. These punks need to leave this industry for good.

Honestly, I only like the song for the music (which they clearly jacked from GTGIU) and the "Hey, hey, hey" lyric. Oh shit! They'll be suing Bill Cosby next.

the problem is this didn't just start in the past couple of years

thsi has been going on for 26 years........hijack after hijack

a great number of high profile artists have been hijacking for the past quarter century w/out giving credit to the people who they hijacked the music from...

Scorp said:

the problem is this didn't just start in the past couple of years

thsi has been going on for 26 years........hijack after hijack

a great number of high profile artists have been hijacking for the past quarter century w/out giving credit to the people who they hijacked the music from...

But it sounds like this 1st time the hijacker is suing.

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Graycap23 said:

Scorp said:

the problem is this didn't just start in the past couple of years

thsi has been going on for 26 years........hijack after hijack

a great number of high profile artists have been hijacking for the past quarter century w/out giving credit to the people who they hijacked the music from...

But it sounds like this 1st time the hijacker is suing.

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lollll.....you a 100% right............hijackers seeking protecting from the law.......

Graycap23 said:

Scorp said:

the problem is this didn't just start in the past couple of years

thsi has been going on for 26 years........hijack after hijack

a great number of high profile artists have been hijacking for the past quarter century w/out giving credit to the people who they hijacked the music from...

But it sounds like this 1st time the hijacker is suing.

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Exactly! I fully expected a lawsuit about this matter soon but I damn sure didn't expect it to come from the hijackers!

Very disappointed in Robin. This man is really suing the Marvin Gaye family

He should be kissing the ground they walk on and respectfully giving them the credit since it was obviously sampled or inspired by Got To Give It Up.

I dont know what to think. Robin is cool I guess but these artists out now have no respect for the legendary artists This move by Thicke is straight up tacky... Im actually quite shocked.

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mjscarousal said:

Very disappointed in Robin. This man is really suing the Marvin Gaye family

He should be kissing the ground they walk on and respectfully giving them the credit since it was obviously sampled or inspired by Got To Give It Up.

I dont know what to think. Robin is cool I guess but these artists out now have no respect for the legendary artists This move by Thicke is straight up tacky... Im actually quite shocked.

don't be shocked

this has been the M.O. for decades...

There clearly isn't a sample being used in the song. That being said, there's more than enough similarity to at least make it to trial.

I'm talking about "Got to Give It Up" of course. The claim that it's similar to "Sexy Ways" is quite ludicrous.

AlexdeParis said:

There clearly isn't a sample being used in the song. That being said, there's more than enough similarity to at least make it to trial.

I'm talking about "Got to Give It Up" of course. The claim that it's similar to "Sexy Ways" is quite ludicrous.

Clearly?

Why do I get hearing Marvin's scream (oooohhh) thru out the entire track?

Graycap23 said:

AlexdeParis said:

There clearly isn't a sample being used in the song. That being said, there's more than enough similarity to at least make it to trial.

I'm talking about "Got to Give It Up" of course. The claim that it's similar to "Sexy Ways" is quite ludicrous.

Clearly?

Why do I get hearing Marvin's scream (oooohhh) thru out the entire track?

I've heard "Got to Give It Up" countless times and that scream doesn't sound like it comes from it at all to me. It's a nice effort, but Marvin's screams are all wilder and less controlled. I think it's the fact that it's overlayed over a similar track to GTGIU. I think it sounds much more like MJ than MG.

that scream doesn't come from Marvin Gaye....it's from Michael Jackson's "Don't Stop Til You Get Enough"...the beginning of that song,when Michael says "you make me feel like......woooooh!"