GlitteratiGossip.com: Avril Steals

Avril Lavigne is seven
Straight from GlitteratiGossip.com...Pop princess Avril Lavigne, her publishing company and co-writer Dr. Luke, are being sued for copyright infringement by Tommy Dunbar, the founder of 1970s group The Rubinoos.

Dunbar claims that Lavigne's hit, "Girlfriend," is too similar to the 1978 song, "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend," which Dunbar co-wrote with The Rubinoos' road manager.

 

Lavigne's manager, Terry McBride, says there's no basis for the lawsuit, "Our musicologist says there are no similarities of melody, choral progression or meter," however, he does admit that it might come down to settling the case out of court. 

 

"You are forced to consider doing this because American lawyers can do these cases on contingency. If I defend and win, it costs me $300,000. If I go to get my costs back, the other party declares bankruptcy. You end up footing the bill."

 

 

 

 

Source: www.glitteratigossip.com

Published 7/6/07 by

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  • are you serious??!?!? its a blatant rippoff of the hook from rubinoos. Same syllables and structures of the beat
    Anonymous 8/20/07 Reply
  • er. they dont even sound the same the only bit thats the same is the hey hey you you. erm.. im guessin this is some sad twat trying to make money out of two words in the dictionary reused in a song. "hey hey you you" woops sorry i said it. you gonna...
    Anonymous 7/11/07 Reply