taskinst vs. Don't tell me by Hoobastank

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Originally Posted by Tom Punks

I have to wonder if you would say that if you worked hard to write a song, and someone completely ripped it off without giving you any credit whatsoever?

Stealing is stealing, even if "no one really listens to Hoobastank" or whatever. (Yeah, I know truehappiness said that, not you...)

But anyways, I agree that it's stupid to make so many threads about "Ayu's dress looks like someone's else's!" and whatnot, but completely copying a song is entirely different.

If you take those two sentences out of the context, yes I agree with you, but if you did also read the rest which was supposed to be connected, you'd see what I mean in terms of the difference between the accompanying music and the actual melody/lyrics etc. I think the similarities are yes a little too much in this case, but there has been no law suit so I would think either no one cares enough or it's just not apparent enough. The song is not completely copied at all, the intro is similar, that's it. It's not even the hook line. There are thousands of songs using the same standard "bass line" for dance music, polka etc. because this is generic and cannot be copyrighted. This intro is in between generic accomp music and a hook line IMO. I'm not saying it's not sounding the same, but it's not necessarily a copyright infringement or "lack of creativity" as some people are blowing this completely out of proportion.

Was Shakira's whenever wherever a copyright infringement of that pink floyd song or whoever it was just because the intro tones are almost exactly the same? No. And that was even a huge hit. from youtube reg. hoobs and ayus:

The chords are quite different actually. The beginning synth sounds are similar, but the guitar chords aren't. And the songs are in two different keys all together.

I'm not going to post more about this.. Will. Try. To. Ignore. From. Now. Maybe we could have a "I'm heartbroken OMG what did ayu/collaborateurs COPY!?!?!?! :" where we could gather all this drees imitation, copy music, carrying the same purse, copying her own shoes twice..