GrandeвЂ™s co-defendants in the case are songwriter-producersВ Brown, Charles Michael AndersonВ and Michael David Foster songwriters Taylor Monet ParksВ (a.k.a.В TaylaВ Parx), Kimberly AnneВ Krysiuk, Victoria MonetВ McCants, and NjomzaВ Vitia BMG Rights Management Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. Stone is asking the court for declaratory judgment of copyright infringement a judgment that enjoins Grande and her co-defendants from continued acts of infringement judgment ordering defendants to deliver вЂњ7 RingsвЂќ to Stone for destruction actual damages and profits attributable to the infringement or, alternatively, statutory damages and attorneysвЂ™ fees and other related costs. вЂњThis is a stronger case of infringement than вЂBlurred LinesвЂ™ or Katy PerryвЂ™s вЂDark Horse.вЂ™ The rash of copyright infringement in music has caused incredible harm and injustice to lesser known or up and coming artists and songwriters.вЂќ вЂњThe level of copying in вЂ7 RingsвЂ™ is simply shocking,вЂќ StoneвЂ™s attorney Tamir Young tells Billboard.

Grande is slated to perform вЂњ7 RingsвЂќ at next weekвЂ™s Grammys, where the song itself is up for two awards and Grande is nominated for five. In an attempt to establish access, the suitВ goes on to note that songwriter and producer Thomas Lee Brown - a co-defendant who has worked with Grande on all five of her studio albums - was in attendance at meetings Stone had with Universal Music Group executives in June 2017, during which he playedВ вЂњYou Need I Got It,' among other songs.Д®d Sheeran Ordered to Disclose Concert Income for Copyright Lawsuit The complaint further highlights the obvious similarities betweenВ вЂњ7 RingsвЂќ lyrics вЂњI want it/I got it/I want it/I got itвЂќ and Stone's lyrics вЂњYou need it/I got it/You want it/I got it.' вЂњFrom a scientific, musicological perspective, the rhythmic structure, metrical placement, duration of rhythmic pattern and lyrical elements of composition in вЂ7 RingsвЂ™ are either identical or substantially similar to ,вЂќ the suit reads. Young goes on to stateВ that two different musicologists concluded вЂњ7 RingsвЂќ likely copied the choruses and hooks from вЂњYou Need I Got It,вЂќ with one finding 39 respective notes from the songs to be вЂњidentical.вЂќ

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