Litigation was initiated once again, against lying, thieving Sony, for engaging in copyright infringement. Michael Jackson’s new song “This Is It” which debuted at 12AM today.
When I heard the song I thought to myself that it did sound familiar. Due to the problems I’ve had with Sony stealing from me, which has resulted in this case, I decided to check it against my Copyrighted Catalog. It came up clear and I was relieved, as I am tired of the theft and contention, which is extremely upsetting.
Paul Anka
But I was right in that the song did sound familiar. Turns out it was a 1991 song by singer Sa-fire, written by legendary singer/songwriter, Paul Anka. I’d bought the Sa-fire CD years ago and that’s where I’d heard it.
When I was growing up, the Latin girl group/female artist “Freestyle” genre was very popular in Miami in the 80’s and early 90’s (groups such as Expose, The Cover Girls, Sweet Sensation and solo artists such as Sa-fire and Stevie B). Miami has a very large Hispanic community.
Based on reports, Anka wrote the song in the 1980’s and Jackson contributed to it. However, Jackson "stole the tape" from Anka’s recording studio and lawyer, John Branca, who represents both artists, was instructed to go to Michael with legal action if he didn’t bring the tape back. Jackson brought the tape back, but made a copy of it.
Years later, Sony seeking to make a quick buck off Jackson’s death, released it without credit or payment to Paul Anka. PAUL ANKA!
They are so disgusting. They did the same to my godmother’s husband, Clement Dodd, who was also a legendary musician/producer. They've done it to so many others as well.
Howard Stringer
Just last month, The Mexican government raided Sony’s office in their nation, for criminal copyright infringement, in pressing up and releasing an album’s worth of music by artist, Alejandro Fernández, which they did not have the rights to. Sony should be embarrassed about that, as it is a worldwide disgrace. But the problem is, Sony is full of animals with no shame.
He completed his contract with Sony, left the label and they illegally grabbed a copy of the studio version of his forthcoming album, that was to be released by another label, stamped Sony's logo on it and pressed them up, released them under their label, which is a criminal violation of domestic and international law.
Sony continues to steal copyrights and patents from people all over the world. Their misconduct regarding me has not desisted either, even in the face of an FBI lawsuit and worldwide publicity exposing their criminal misdeeds.
One tries to shame them into discontinuing breaking the law, as the FBI has failed in this endeavor, which almost got me killed (read the lawsuit), but Sony C.E.O. Howard Stringer and his fellow criminals at Sony keep stealing anyway.
Simon Cowell and Simon Fuller
The new song “Happy” by Leona Lewis and the recently released music video for the song “Bad Boys” by Alexandra Burke, both on Sony and Syco/Sony (Simon Cowell's record label of fraud) are criminal infringements of years old copyrights from my Copyrighted Catalog (the FBI is free to check the copyrights, both preexisting and now the rip-offs and compare).
So much for the FBI’s rubbish speech about “preventing crime” – clearly not if it is profitable. And this is why the U.S. economy collapsed in 2008 – the FBI and national regulators in Washington, look the other way to crimes that are profitable to large corporations, such as the aforementioned case and the Madoffs and the Stanfords of the corporate world, when anyone in their right mind knows, no nation can build an economy on robbing others and gouging the public, without disastrous, foundation shaking result cropping up.
FBI Director Robert S. Mueller
What a great example to set for law enforcement nationwide, FBI. Millions of people have read about this case in the 6 weeks it has been filed, yet the criminal mischief continues unabated.
Copyrights that were to benefit AIDS and Cancer victims are going to such frivolities and extravagances as underwriting a $2,000,000 birthday party for Simon Cowell, to guzzle and quaff champagne and caviar. A man who stars on a show "American Idol" that was criminally stolen from a Texas man, after the preexisting copyright was pitched to Simon Fuller (Cowell's partner).
Sony, Fuller and Cowell, among others, have become very rich off criminal activity, as they have no accomplishments, opting to steal from everyone else.
Paul Anka Claims 'This Is It' is a Rip-Off
Posted Oct 12th 2009 4:58PM by TMZ Staff - If you think Michael Jackson's "This Is It" sounds familiar, it's because the song is a rip-off that was released nearly two decades ago by another artist ... and the man making this claim is none other than music legend Paul Anka.
Anka tells TMZ in 1983, he wrote a song with Jackson called "I Never Heard" -- and the demo of the song was recorded in Anka's studio in Carmel, CA. Anka says he took the tape to a studio in Hollywood to put the finishing touches on it for Anka's duets album, "Walk a Fine Line." Anka claims Jackson -- who was just blowing up at the time with "Thriller" -- got a big head and "stole the tapes" from the studio.
Anka tells us he called the lawyers who repped both he and Jackson -- ironically one of them was John Branca -- and threatened them with a lawsuit if he didn't get the tapes back. Anka got them back but insists Jackson made a copy of the tapes and used the track with his voice from "I Never Heard" -- and simply retitled it, "This Is It."
Anka gave "I Never Heard" to another artist -- Safire -- who recorded it in 1990.
We called Sony Music who released "This Is It" ... no comment so far.
Anka tells us he's talking with his lawyers about his legal options.
http://www.tmz.com
Anka on Jackson -- They See it My Way
Posted Oct 12th 2009 6:18PM by TMZ Staff - Paul AnkaPaul Anka tells TMZ the people handling Michael Jackson's estate are falling over each other ... apologizing for "ripping-off my song" and offering "anything you want" to make the mess go away.
And, John Branca just told TMZ, "We acknowledge that Michael and Paul wrote this song together."
As we first reported, Anka claims the new Jackson song, "This Is It" is the Michael Jackson track Anka co-wrote with Jackson in 1983, which Jackson originally recorded under the title, "I Never Heard."
Anka tells TMZ he just got off the phone with John McClain, the co-Special Administrator for Jackson's estate. Anka says McClain apologized profusely, saying he knew "Michael couldn't have written this song alone. It's not his style."
Anka says McClain now acknowledges that "This Is It" is really Paul's song, and said, "We'll give you whatever you want, whatever it takes we'll do the right thing."
Anka says he's not trying to hold the estate up but he wants them to be fair.
And how's this ... Anka says McClain asked him to do promotion for the song.
It's Hollywood, folks.
http://www.tmz.com
Sony Mexico raided for 'unauthorised' Alejandro Fernández material
Mexican police have seized CDs by one of Latin music's biggest stars following a legal dispute between him and his record label
Police have raided Sony Music's offices in Mexico City, seizing albums, master recordings and cover art for one of Latin music's biggest stars.
Mexico's public ministry and federal police were acting on a court order concerning ranchera singer Alejandro Fernández. A two-time Latin Grammy winner, Fernández was signed to Sony Music from 1998 to 2008 but left last year for Universal. Sony has gone ahead with plans to release an album of unreleased material, called Diferente, which Fernández alleges they have no right to do...
http://www.guardian.co.uk
