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Social media has been awash with reactions over Danny Young’s claim that Tiwa Savage infringed on his copy right.
The singer alleged that songstress used parts of the content off his 2009 song, ‘Oju Tiwon’, to make her newly released single, ‘One’.
Popular entertainment lawyer, Akinyemi Ayinoluwa in his reaction on the issue noted that the accuser might actually have a case against Tiwa Savage.
The legal expert in a chat with TheNetng noted that there were some similarities in the melody and complete sentence used by Danny Young where he sang, “O d’odun lan ri orogbo, o do’dun lan ri ahusa, o d’dodun lan ri omo obi lori igba, my life don better;’ the same lyrics clearly used by Tiwa Savage.
“The similarities are strong enough, but again the lyrics were built on a popular proverbial saying which nobody can lay claim to. However, the manner with which he used it was quite original to him and unique, so if an average listener who has heard Danny Young’s before listens to this new track and can only cast back their mind to when they first heard it in 2009, that should be the objective test,” he said.
He quoted the case between American singers, Pharrell Williams, Robin Thicke and Mavin Gaye, where the late Gaye’s estate sued both singers and got a landmark judgement for using his 1977 hit “Got To Give It Up,” for their 2013 Billboard Song of the Summer “Blurred Lines.”. Gaye’s estate now gets 50% of all royalties from that song forever.
Back in July , an upcoming singer, Analike Okezie aka Yoko B, insisted that music star, 2face’s latest track, “Amaka” is his. Like 2face, Yoko B’s version is also about how an “Amaka” broke his heart.