The Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny (Bad Bunny, Proper name Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio) And some of the music industry's biggest stars want a court to drop a charge of assault 1989 Song copyright lawsuit.

Filed a motion on behalf of the law firm of Bad Bunny, Motion for dismissal, Considers that the musical elements concerned do not fall within the scope of copyright protection.

Jamaican reggae (reggae) Music makers Ballroom duo Steely & Clevie The lawyer filed the lawsuit, According to 100 Several artists and record labels violated their songs "Fish Market (Fish Market) " The copyright of a rhythm.

Bad Bunny's lawyer thinks, Plaintiff claims to have 100 Multiple artists in 1600 Copyrights to musical elements used in multiple songs, attempt "To monopolize almost the entire reggae genre" . The motion states that, Bad Plankton Rabbit himself was accused in the lawsuit 77 A song violates copyright.

The base drum beat comes from Steely & Clevie, The group was composed by Wycliffe．Johnson (Wycliffe Johnson) And Cleveland．Brown (Cleveland Browne) Make up, They are 1989 Years of co-creation "Fish Market" .

The case was originally filed 2021 Put forward in.

Bad Bunny's lawyer says, Features cited by the plaintiff, Including rhythm, Instrument selection and partial synthesis of sounds and timbre, It's part of the whole genre, And potentially copyrightable elements, Such as melodies and lyrics, Not included in the plaintiff's case.

The other motion to dismiss was filed by Pryor Cashman company-proposed, The company represented near 90 Named defendant. Its motion argues that there were technical errors in the copyright lawsuit.

The motion holds that, Plaintiff's claim "Failure to present facts that demonstrate which works the plaintiffs actually owned and that they had standing to Sue" .

WK A separate motion filed by the record labels and other defendants alleges, "The plaintiffs claim to be the fundamental core of an entire genre of music—— 'reggaeton (reggaeton) The rhythm of' Take ownership, And this rhythm is based on simplicity, Rote, Common musical elements that cannot be protected, These elements are nothing more than ordinary drumbeats of a single note. " (Be compiled from edition. cnn. com)

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