Marching mitigates groping a woman in public to assert masculine dominance?

I assume you are aware that copyrights and patents are not the same things.

I wear those same shoes for track days.

How do you know what was in the jury’s mind? I think Thicke and Pharell lost because they are plagiarists.

You are right, once a person dies, the living should be free to plunder all of their belongings.

None of those examples are identical songs like this. Perhaps as an alleged ”professional musician” you need to be able to plagiarize from those who are more talented than you.  Unfortunate, really.

12 people smarter and more perceptive than you. What happened to you in life that you are so insecure that you have a need to proclaim your “expertise” in something that is easily understandable, even to a small child?

I would have to listen and compare, but that is nowhere near as close as this or blurres lines. You can sing the lyrics to Let's Get it On to this Ed Sheeran song and it fits perfectly.

Funny...the jury that ruled against them was 12 deaf and mentally disabled people. Who'da think?

You would have to be in denial to think otherwise. Admittedly, this Ed Sheeran plagiarism is even worse.

I know when two songs are the same, and one is plagiarized.  This is not a complicated question. You are simply trying to reinforce a point you can't defend by falling back on empty claims of expertise.

If you write a song that sounds exactly like someone else's song and claim it as your own that is theft.

“I am a professional _____” is the opening line a dullard who wants to declare opinions as absolutes. Many egotistical people convince themselves that their profession has some magical complexity that no one else understands. I am actually embarassed for you that you are such a weak person that you need to present…

I am sorry that I do not understand the mysteries of music like you, oh great one, and I am forced to rely on my lying ears to hear when two things sound exactly the same.

People have always been able to sue for plagiarism. The fact that people got away with theft sometimes does not mean they get to do it now. Truly creative and original artists will be just fine.

You could not be more wrong. Both Blurred Lines and this one were clear theft. This only hurts unoriginal artists.

I have ears and can hear when two songs sound exactly the same. There is no magical expertise needed. Music is not that mysterious.

Open your ears. The chorus is the exact same melody and beat as Let’s Get it On, and Blurred Lines was a blatant ripoff. That case was correctly decided, and Sheeran deserves to get sued over this. Stop defending plagiarism.

Indefensible? Blurred Lines was straight out theft and so is this.