British songwriters Brian Clover and Scott McCulloch have asked the good old Ninth Circuit – everyone’s favourite circuit, surely – to revive their song-theft lawsuit against that notable – although only alleged – song thief The Weeknd.
Californian judge Percy Anderson was wrong to dismiss their copyright infringement litigation last year, Clover and McCulloch argue.The two songwriters claim that The Weeknd, real name Abel Tesfaye, ripped off a song they wrote, called ‘I Need To Love’, on his track ‘A Lonely Night’ from 2016 album ‘Starboy’’They, and a third collaborator called Billy Smith, argued that Tesfaye must have had access to their song while creating ‘A Lonely Night’, likely through Universal Music Publishing.That was partly based.
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