Musical artist Pitbull copied the melody, rhythm, and more from a work called “Samir’s Theme” to produce the song “I Feel Good” with his record label and Universal Music Group, according to a federal lawsuit.
The two songs have “significant similarities” including the “melody, harmony, melodic structure, tempo, musical arrangement and percussion,” according to the complaint filed Thursday by All surface Publishing Inc. in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York.
The copyright lawsuit also names Pitbull’s record label, Mr. 305 Inc., and Paul Edward Blair, who goes by DJ White Shadow, as defendants. Anthony Watts, ...
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