Friday, June 19, 2015

Justine Bieber and Usher to face a Jury Trial on $10m copyright suit

              Hit song: Usher and Bieber, shown in September 2011 in Atlanta, both recorded versions of Somebody To Love

Justin Bieber and his mentor Usher are to face  a jury trial in a $10m dollar copyright law suit after a an appeal Court reinstate the copyright law suit.
The 21-year-old Canadian pop star and his 36-year-old collaborator were accused of copying parts of a song composed by two Virginia songwriters.
R&B singer known as De Rico, and his songwriting partner Mareio Overton alleged in their lawsuit that Bieber and Usher stole their 2008 song of the same name.

They claimed that three versions of Somebody To Love recorded by Bieber and Usher shared the beat pattern and time signature and had similar chords and lyrics as well as the same name


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