Chris Brown and Drake are the latest artists to be slapped with a copyright infringement lawsuit over one of their hit songs β in their case, the 2019 single βNo Guidance,β which peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100. Filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Floridaβs Southern District, the complaint alleges that Brown, Drake and their various collaborators on the track (which was featured on Brownβs 2019 album Indigo and featured Drake) lifted various lyrical and melodic elements from βI Love Your Dress,β a 2016 song performed by plaintiff Braindon Cooper (performing as Mr. Cooper) and produced by co-plaintiff Timothy Valentine (credited on the track as DrumβN Skillz). In the complaint, Cooper and Valentine accuse Brown, Drake and their βNo Guidanceβ collaborators of stealing several elements from βI Love Your Dress,β including the lyrics from the hook β βshe got it; she got itβ in βI Love Your Dressβ versus βyou got it, girl; you got itβ in βNo Guidanceβ β as well as the primary scale degrees and a βdistinctive sound effect,β described as βa pitch metronome-like click and a vocal effect through which portions of the primary vocal part appear to have been sped up to a high register and added to double/echo the primary vocal part.β According to the complaint, the plaintiffs consulted with βhighly regarded musicology expertsβ to determine similarities between the two tracks. Cooper, Valentine and Signature SKillz Entertainment (the company behind βI Love Your Dressβ) are seeking actual and punitive damages, 50% of publishing and revenues derived from βNo Guidance,β a complete accounting of all defendantsβ financial records related to the song, pre- and post-judgment interest and attorneysβ fees. Follow @inkagnedotv β£ .β£ .β£ .β£ .β£ .β£ #copyright #copyright2016 #copyright2017 #copyright2019 #copyrightcolour #copyrightdesign #copyrighter #copyrightfree #copyrightfreemusic #copyrightinfringement #copyrightlaw #copyrightlaws #copyrightmusic #copyrightphotos #copyrightregistration #copyrightreserved #copyrights #drake #chrisbrown #noguidance #hiphop #orlandohiphop #ovo #copyrightstrike #copyrightviolation #nocopyrightsound https://www.instagram.com/p/CUu9fziLXIf/?utm_medium=tumblr










