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Plagiarism
DIR By: Mac
Date: January 26, 2015, 11:55 am
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Music plagiarism
Tom Petty / Sam Smith
I Won't Back Down / Stay With Me
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> Over the weekend, The Sun reported that Sam Smith had quietly
and amicably settled a copyright dispute with Tom Petty over the
likeness between Smith's three-time Grammy-nominated "Stay With
Me" and Petty's Full Moon Fever hit "I Won't Back Down,"
co-written with ELO's Jeff Lynne. In a statement to Rolling
Stone, Smith's reps have confirmed that "Stay With Me" is now
co-credited to Petty and Lynne, adding that while there are
undeniable "similarities" between the two singles, it was a
"complete coincidence."
>
> "Recently the publishers for the song 'I Won't Back Down,'
written by Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne, contacted the publishers
for 'Stay With Me,' written by Sam Smith, James Napier and
William Phillips, about similarities heard in the melodies of
the choruses of the two compositions," Smith's rep tells Rolling
Stone. "Not previously familiar with the 1989 Petty/Lynne song,
the writers of 'Stay With Me' listened to 'I Won’t Back Down'
and acknowledged the similarity."
>
> Smith's rep added, "Although the likeness was a complete
coincidence, all involved came to an immediate and amicable
agreement in which Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne are now credited as
co-writers of 'Stay With Me' along with Sam Smith, James Napier
and William Phillips."
>
> A representative for Petty was not immediately available for
comment.
>
> On the ASCAP site, where songwriter information is collated
and frequently updated, Petty and Lynne are now listed among the
"Stay With Me" team of Smith, Napier and Phillips. It's unclear
whether Petty and Lynne were retroactively compensated for their
songwriting credit or if they'll receive future earnings on the
track.
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Man, I can kind of hear similarities, but that is a long shot. I
don't hear plagiarism
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB-5XG-DbAA
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvlTJrNJ5lA
and then a stab at the comparison...
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkcZV97O3pw
#Post#: 33121--------------------------------------------------
Re: Plagiarism
DIR By: Chiprocks1
Date: January 26, 2015, 12:10 pm
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Dude! I was going through all of the Music section just now,
looking for where to put the news about Tom Petty and this story
in it! Stop reading my mind! It's scary. May I suggest we change
the title to Music Plagiarism to differentiate from the Art
Plagiarism thread?
#Post#: 33123--------------------------------------------------
Re: Plagiarism
DIR By: Neumatic
Date: January 26, 2015, 12:48 pm
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Dude! I was going through all of the Music section just now,
looking for where to put the news about Tom Petty and this story
in it! Stop reading my mind! It's scary. May I suggest we change
the title to Music Plagiarism to differentiate from the Art
Plagiarism thread?
(hee hee)
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Re: Plagiarism
DIR By: Chiprocks1
Date: January 26, 2015, 2:06 pm
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Deja Vu! ;D
#Post#: 33127--------------------------------------------------
Re: Plagiarism
DIR By: Mac
Date: January 26, 2015, 2:38 pm
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Music Plagiarism. Art Plagiarism. It's all the same
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HTML http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i266/Chiprocks1/Smilies/0%20All%20Smilies/rimshot.gif[/img]
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Re: Plagiarism
DIR By: Neumatic
Date: January 26, 2015, 3:30 pm
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Honestly, I don't know how ANYONE can write a song, I know in
theory that you should have an insane amount of variety with the
88 keys, but still, I've never been able to think of a new
melody.
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Re: Plagiarism
DIR By: Chiprocks1
Date: January 26, 2015, 4:06 pm
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--- Quote from: Neumatic link ---
>
> Honestly, I don't know how ANYONE can write a song, I know in
theory that you should have an insane amount of variety with the
88 keys, but still, I've never been able to think of a new
melody.
>
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It's easy! Just do what Sam Smith did. ;)
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Re: Plagiarism
DIR By: Neumatic
Date: January 26, 2015, 4:20 pm
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Or Robin Thicke.
#Post#: 33181--------------------------------------------------
Re: Plagiarism
DIR By: Chiprocks1
Date: January 29, 2015, 11:36 am
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[center]UPDATE – Sam Smith Says Tom Petty Settlement the Result
of a ‘Complete Coincidence,’ Petty Agrees
HTML http://ultimateclassicrock.com/tom-petty-sam-smith-songs/
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Re: Plagiarism
DIR By: Mac
Date: January 29, 2015, 11:40 am
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Excellent... two sensible people.
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