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I'm so glad that this post reminded me of how much I loved the twinky awesomeness that was Justin Timberlake in this video, when I first saw it. These boys' jerky dance movements have a special place in my heart, that might not ever be filled by another boy band again. OK, on to the actual news...it seems that a lawsuit has been filed against *NSYNC by a songwriter, who claims that the band essentially stole his song. Named in the suit are all the members of the band, along with Jive Records, and the suit could end up costing them $10 million.
In a lawsuit filed yesterday in a Las Vegas Federal Court, a musician named Troy Alexander (aka "Royal T") claims he met with Jive records in 1990 and introduced them to his demo tape of the song "Up Against the Wall." According to documents, JIVE signed *NSYNC a few years later, who then released a song "substantially similar" to Alexander's work in 2001. The song in question featured the same title and was featured on the smash album "Celebrity."Alexander is claiming that the basis of the suit is more on the lyrics, rather than the sound. Hmm. Dude, you might want to rethink that suit. Because honestly, I'm sure there are 12-year old girls who could claim that the exact sentiments of most of *NSYNC's songs were lifted directly from their diaries.
lambman says:
I'm pretty sure I remember the lyrics to "Celebrity" ACTUALLY being "Woud you be nice to me if I wasn't a celebrity And if I didn't get cheese like everyday" if I was the author I'd sue to have my name taken off of the song!
Chealsea says:
TO lambman - They didn't say the song was actually "Celebrity" just that the song was on the Celebrity album
Chalette says:
And actually the lyric is
"If I didn't have G's like everyday
Would you still wanna be with me?"
Tiiinkerbell says:
wow
thats just rediculous,
i mean if the guy really cared about the song,
he would have filed the lawsuit 6 years ago when the band was still together.
you're going to have to come up with a better way to make quick money, buddy.