3 Count: Roblox Battle

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1: Megan Thee Stallion, Big Sean Sued for ‘Willful’ Infringement on Collaboration ‘Go Crazy’

First off today, Larisha Paul at Rolling Stone reports that Megan Thee Stallion and Big Sean are facing a lawsuit over their 2020 collaboration Go Crazy.

The lawsuit was filed by Detroit artists Duawn “Go Hard Major” Payne and Harrell “H Matic” James. They allege that Megan Thee Stallion and Big Sean infringed their 2012 song entitled Krazy when creating Go Crazy for Big Sean’s 2020 debut album.

In addition to Megan Thee Stallion and Big Sean, the lawsuit also names Universal Music Group, 300 Entertainment and 1501 Certified Entertainment. The lawsuit seeks damages and an injunction against further distribution of the new work.

2: Sam Smith and Normani Hit Back Against Dancing With A Stranger Song-Theft Lawsuit

Next up today, Chris Cooke at Complete Music Update reports that musicians Sam Smith and Normani have hit back at a lawsuit against them, saying that the lawsuit is both “rambling” and “repetitive” as well as full of contradictions.

The artists were sued by artist Jordan Vincent and producer Christopher Miranda. They alleged that Sam Smith’s 2019 hit Dancing With a Stranger was an infringement of their 2015 song with the same name. That lawsuit alleged that, in addition to sharing a title, they shared a similar debut video as well as similar elements to the song itself.

However, Smith has hit back, noting that song titles are not protectable under copyright and that even the plaintiff’s own expert witness report admits that there are differences between the songs. As such, they say that the case should be either fixed or dismissed.

3: Roblox Fights DMCA Subpoena Targeting Up to 460K Innocent Gamers

Finally today, Andy Maxwell at Torrentfreak writes that Robolox is refusing to comply with a DMCA subpoena that it souls could require them to divulge information on some 460,000 innocent gamers.

The subpoena was filed by Christopher Boomer, a developer of Roblox games that claims to have had his popular titles viewed over 2 billion times. However, with that fame has come a piracy issue with other developers cloning his games.

To unmask the alleged infringers, Boomer filed for and received a DMCA subpoena. However, Roblox has said they feel that it is overly broad. In addition to targeting specific alleged infringers, it seeks information on all the members of certain groups, an amount Roblox says reaches over 460,000 members. Furthermore, Roblox says it objects to handing over the information before it can provide notice to the users involved.

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