[07.04.18]碧昂斯翻唱Kissing You被控侵权 被索赔15万美元
碧昂斯(Beyonce)曾经在接受媒体访问时透露她原本不想要在改版后重新发行的豪华版《B''Day》专辑里,翻唱黛斯瑞(Des''ree)为电影《罗密欧与茱丽叶》所演唱的抒情名曲〈I''m Kissing You〉,不过后来因为有很多朋友建议她如果不翻唱这首歌曲就实在太可惜了,于是碧昂斯就把这首歌曲改名为《Still in Love (Kissing You)》并重新演唱,收录在《B''Day》豪华版专辑中.
尽管在听从朋友的建议后,碧昂斯演绎的《I''m Kissing You》果然获得歌迷们的热烈回响,但是,碧昂斯也因此而恐怕得吃上官司.拥有黛斯瑞作品版权的The Royalty Network公司星期一(4月16日)向曼哈顿联邦法院提出对碧昂斯的控告,他们声称碧昂斯并没有向他们申请使用该曲,这次的翻唱已经侵犯到版权所有人的权益,因此他们要求碧昂斯要付出15万美金的赔偿金,除此之外,该版权公司也向法官提出禁止收有《I''m Kissing You》的《B''Day》豪华版专辑继续在市面上销售的要求.这个案件的听证会预计要在下星期一举行.
Beyonce Knowles is facing trouble after British singer Des'ree filed a lawsuit against her, saying she illegally covered one of the latter's songs.
Charges have been filed in Manhattan Superior Court by Des'ree, alleging that the Dreamgirls star didn't get permission to do her version of I'm Kissing You, which appeared on her most recent album.
Des'ree - best known for smash hit Gotta Be - says in the suit that there was an initial attempt for a deal to be worked out, but that they wanted to change the title and film a music video, both of which were denied. As a result, the song was simply recorded and released, under the title Still In Love (Kissing You).
There is no comment from either party on the matter so far, but it is thought that Des'ree is seeking a 150,000 US dollars in damages and more importantly, is hoping to stop distribution and sale of the song. This could stop sales of the album it's on, the platinum-selling B'Day.
