AbsoluteValue Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 Avril Lavigne is being sued by U.S. songwriters who claim that her smash hit "Girlfriend" suspiciously sounds like a track from the 1970s. Lavigne's manager, Terry McBride, said the pop star is one of several people named in a lawsuit filed July 2 that alleges striking similarities to the Rubinoos song "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend." The group's founder, Tommy Dunbar, filed the suit in California's Northern Federal District Court and also names Lavigne's publishing company Avril Lavigne Publishing and Lavigne's songwriting partner Dr. Luke as defendants. McBride said the claim is unfounded, noting that a musicologist he hired to study both tracks has deemed them completely different songs. Still, McBride, also CEO of Nettwerk Music Group, admitted that he's considering settling the suit out of court if the costs of defending the case prove too high. The suit comes on the heels of a jab at Lavigne by fellow Canuck songstress Chantal Kreviazuk who recently told an American music magazine that Lavigne stole one of her songs for the her latest album, "The Best Damn Thing." Kreviazuk said that two years ago, she sent the Napanee, Ont., singer a song called "Contagious" and notes that a song with the same name appears on the track listing of Lavigne's latest album. According to a media report, LA singer Evan Taubenfeld, who collaborated with Lavigne on the record said that they wrote the song from scratch and any similarities it might have with Kreviazuk's "Contagious" end with the title. http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_12519.aspx So I've posted the two songs from the 30 second clips I found of them in the iTunes store.......CLIP What do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teret Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 there are similarities but not enough to sue succesfully Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grind Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 Hope she gets nailed....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_weazel Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 Hope she gets nailed....... Fuck yea, I'd love to nail her... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 ... just quietly WTF is a musicologist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nato Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 Got Tranny? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grind Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 ... just quietly WTF is a musicologist? Just a wild guess here Mike - but I'm thinking it's someone who studies music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teret Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 :drogar-laugh(dbg): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 you think they could make up a more technical sounding name Is a Prostitutologist a person that studies hookers? more likely they are sad sad people who can't get any, but come on - it doesn't sound like the correct term. *goes to research.. on musicologists =p* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teret Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 common sense I'd of thought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 meh - wikipedia doesn't have too much - but I guess thats what its called. I guess since Audiologist was taken they had to run with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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