![]() I’m glad I settled on A Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Over 2 Words. Why hasn’t Rick Ross sued Maysa, Jeremy Fisher or Little Big? LMFAO – So This Is How (these) Florida Attorneys Sue There’s Stupid & Then There’s Rick Ross Stupid I toyed with these other titles for this post: “Everyday I’m shuffling” is not the same phrase as “everyday I’m hustling.” One had an opinion about Party Rock Anthem well before one heard “Everyday I’m shuffling” at 2.15 into the song.Ĥ. “Everyday I’m shuffling” is not very important to Party Rock Anthem.ģ. “Everyday I’m shuffling” occurs only twice in Party Rock Anthem.Ģ. ![]() To “go all factual on you” for a moment – LMFAO sing “everyday I’m shuffling” (not “everyday I’m hustling”) only twice in “Party Rock Anthem.” This three-word phrase occurs at the following two places in “Party Rock Anthem:”ģ.47 – 3.49 “everyday I’m shuffling'” (“shuffling” with a slight elongation/added syllable)ġ. When the words are joined to form a two-word phrase – “Everyday I’m” – they still do not form original expression. In my opinion, the word, “I’m,” is not original. ![]() Copyright Law was created, in part, to protect “original works of authorship.” In my opinion, the word, “everyday” is not original. If one person hustles and another person shuffles, are they engaged in the same kind of action? No, they are not. “Pushing or forcing one’s way” (“hustling”) seems to me to be the opposite of “moving in a dragging or clumsy manner” (shuffling”). Shuffling (the verb used by LMFAO in 2011) means “moving in a dragging or clumsy manner.” Hustling (the verb used by Rick Ross in 2006) means “push or force one’s way.” “Hustling” and “Shuffling” also have different meanings – here are links to the definitions from : Perhaps they are thinking, “Everyday I’m hustling” is the same as “Everyday I’m shuffling.” But, to my eyes, those final words of each phrase are different words with different meanings and different spellings: Perhaps Rick Ross’ attorneys think that LMFAO have copied three (3) and not two (2) words. Rick Ross sings, “Everyday I’m hustling.” I’mĭespite the contention from Rick Ross’ attorneys that the songs ALMOST have three (3) words in common, there are two (2), not three (3) words in common as I will demonstrate below: Both songs/recordings share two (2) identical words. There is one (1) similarity I notice between the two (2) songs, however. Party Rock Anthem’ has NOT copied, interpolated the beat of ‘Hustlin’…” Party Rock Anthem’ has NOT copied, interpolated the underlying music of ‘Hustlin’…” Party Rock Anthem’ has NOT copied, interpolated the lyrics of ‘Hustlin’…” Party Rock Anthem’ has NOT interpolated the beat of ‘Hustlin’…”Įven though I do not understand the lawyers’ use of English in the sentence above, with respect to the music contained in these two recordings (I don’t understand “copies, interpolates” as back-to-back action verbs), I have made an earnest attempt to understand what the lawyers might have meant and that has led me to arrive at these three (3) additional points: Party Rock Anthem’ has NOT interpolated the underlying music of ‘Hustlin’…” Party Rock Anthem’ has NOT interpolated the lyrics of ‘Hustlin’…” Party Rock Anthem’ has NOT copied the beat of ‘Hustlin’…” Party Rock Anthem’ has NOT copied the underlying music of ‘Hustlin’…” Party Rock Anthem has NOT copied the lyrics of ‘Hustlin’…” I strongly disagree with the allegations in Rick Ross’ complaint, specifically that sentence, and have drawn a few conclusions to the contrary: I have analyzed Rick Ross’ Hustlin’ (2006) and LMFAO’s Party Rock Anthem (2011). “ ‘Party Rock Anthem’ copies, interpolates the lyrics, underlying music and beat of ‘Hustlin’…” ![]() The first sentence in the COMPLAINTthat mentions “music” or “lyrics” states the following: I then read the COMPLAINTfiled by Rick Ross’ attorneys. My first impression was that I might have the wrong music as there seemed to be not only NO copyright infringement but NO SIMILARITY. I read the HR article, got the music and listened. That was nice of them as I was unaware of this lawsuit but am interested in intellectual property (IP), creativity, originality, how we evaluate expression via law, how law is used to get relief, and other subjects that interpose music and law. Several friends contacted me via Facebook and email to ask my opinion on this Hollywood Reporter article about Rick Ross’ copyright infringement lawsuit against LMFAO. A Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Over 2 Words – Everyday I’m Ridiculing ![]()
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