Justin Bieber faced with yet another lawsuit…
According to reports, Justin Bieber and Skrillex are facing legal action from a not-so well-known artists by the name of White Hinterland.
Hinterland also known as Casey Dienel, alleges that the opening of Bieber’s song ‘Sorry’ was chopped from her song ‘Ring The Bell’ and that her vocal loops were simply used without her permission. As a result she has reportedly filed a lawsuit claiming damages. Hinterland claims that the “unique characteristics of the female vocal riff” from her 2014 song “Ring the Bell” is near enough identical to the opening of Bieber’s track ”Sorry”.
Because Skrillex produced Bieber’s track, he been roped into the lawsuit too along with the others writers of the song, Julia Michael, Justin Tranter and Michael Tucker. Sorry has racked up over 1 billion views on YouTube which is in itself a significant amount, but in comparison to Hinterland’s half a million streams on Spotify there is no comparison in terms of popularity and scale.
If Hinterland can get the courts on her side, Bieber, Skrillex and the other writers are looking at paying out a large amount of cash to this singer. But, it’s not the first time Bieber has been taken to court over copyright infringement of someone else’s song. Just last month, DMN reported that Bieber had been faced with a $10 million copyright infringement charge over his 2010 hit song ‘Somebody To Love’. So, are these songs ripping off other artists work, or is it just one big creative coincidence?
Both songs in this latest case are below, what do you think?
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