Justin Timberlake and Will.I.Am have been accused of copyright infringement in a new lawsuit filed Wednesday at the U.S. District Court of New York. New York music publishing company Pk Music Performance claims that the duo’s 2006 song “Damn Girl” (which was featured on Timberlake’s album, “Futurezex/Lovesounds”) wrongly copies Perry Kibble’s “A New Day Is Here At Last.” “A substantial amount of the music in ‘Damn Girl’ is copied from ‘A New Day Is Here At Last,” legal documents obtained by TheWrap state. “Specifically, a substantial part of the drum, conga drum, organ, bass guitar,...
- 2/18/2016
- by Debbie Emery
- The Wrap
Justin Timberlake and Will.I.Am (né Will Adams) are being sued for their collaborative work on the song "Damn Girl" which was featured on Timberlake's 2006 album, Futuresex/Lovesounds, according to a lawsuit obtained by People. Pk Music Performance group brought the suit against the musicians over the track "A New Day Is Here At Last," describing it as "one of the most recognizable songs from the disco era," adding that Timberlake and Adams' music too closely imitates the song, which was originally copyrighted in 1969 by Perry Kibble, and performed by J.D. Davis. According to the documents, Pk Music Performance...
- 2/18/2016
- by Naja Rayne, @najarayne
- PEOPLE.com
Justin Timberlake and Will.I.Am (né Will Adams) are being sued for their collaborative work on the song "Damn Girl" which was featured on Timberlake's 2006 album, Futuresex/Lovesounds, according to a lawsuit obtained by People. Pk Music Performance group brought the suit against the musicians over the track "A New Day Is Here At Last," describing it as "one of the most recognizable songs from the disco era," adding that Timberlake and Adams' music too closely imitates the song, which was originally copyrighted in 1969 by Perry Kibble, and performed by J.D. Davis. According to the documents, Pk Music Performance...
- 2/18/2016
- by Naja Rayne, @najarayne
- PEOPLE.com
Justin Timberlake and will.i.am are getting sued for allegedly swiping an old funk and disco track for their 2006 collaboration "Damn Girl." Pk Music Performance says it owns the rights to Perry Kibble's "A New Day Is Here At Last" and alleges Jt's "Damn Girl" copied a huge chunk of the song ... including the drum beats, guitar riffs, organ and saxophone. Kibble wrote the song in 1969 and it was recorded by J.C. Davis.
- 2/17/2016
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
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