Comments on: Madonna Loses Plagiarism Lawsuit

By: Fred-h-

Fred-h- — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 18:07:15 +0000

I'm not a musician either but did some music, 4 bars is enough for plagiarism I think. When you say a 3-minute song is 90-100 bars, don't forget how much repetition goes into it. That's maybe 10 original bars and repetitions/variations upon them. Also, 4 bars can contain many notes, and significant melody and rhythm contents. If the notes and rhythm are exactly the same (I don't know whether it's the case here), that can hardly be pure chance.And as you write, Madonna has a history behind her.

By: jon

jon — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 02:32:10 +0000

four bars in a 90 bar song sounds like a little but usually the four bars in question are repeated over and over throughout the song. However this lawsiut is still bullshit, There are countless songs out there with the same four bars.

By: Josh

Josh — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 18:41:49 +0000

I hope Madonna wins this its getting old people doing anything at her expence to get press. I don’t think she stole anything and in the end Madonna writes the lyrics not the actual beats/bars used which was supplied by another source I doubt she ever heard of this man or his 4 bars untill she was sued. Just like when she was sued for “Justify My Love” which turned out the co-writer at the time stole some of the lyrics from his girl friend yet Madonna gets sued since she recorded it. I find that UNJUST.

By: Josh

Josh — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 13:41:49 +0000

I hope Madonna wins this its getting old people doing anything at her expence to get press. I don't think she stole anything and in the end Madonna writes the lyrics not the actual beats/bars used which was supplied by another source I doubt she ever heard of this man or his 4 bars untill she was sued. Just like when she was sued for "Justify My Love" which turned out the co-writer at the time stole some of the lyrics from his girl friend yet Madonna gets sued since she recorded it. I find that UNJUST.

By: Plagiarism Today » Linkworthy: Columbia Law School Music Plagiarism Project

Plagiarism Today » Linkworthy: Columbia Law School Music Plagiarism Project — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 21:23:55 +0000

[...] In going through it, I did notice that the bulk of the cases, especially in the modern era, deal with lesser-known artists accusing famous ones of plagiarism. A classic example of this being Madonna’s recent loss in a French court for alleged plagiarism in her song “Frozen”. Another common theme was companies and movie studios being accused of illegally using significant portions of popular music in their commercials and movies. [...]