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Britney Spears Challenged Over Copyright




By Sébastien ODDOS member of a.d.c.i. - Date : 2011-01-13 - Country : ETATS-UNIS - Subject : Economics - IP Field : Copyright & neighbouring rights


MTV announces that Britney Spears may soon be challenged in court by a country music band over similarities in the title of one of her songs.

The Bellamy Brothers argue that their 1979 Tex-Mex country hit "If I Said You Have a Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me" shares a lot with Britney Spears' track "Hold It Against Me."

It will be interesting to see what on which ground an action would be brought against Britney as a title is not copyrightable under US copyright law.

Only the expression in lyrics or music in a composition are copyrightable (except if it is trite or commonplace). 

Source: MTV [...]

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