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Posts Tagged “Plagiarism”

"Maybe if [Avril] sang "Girlfriend" in French the Rubinoo's wouldn't have a leg to stand on. As a Canadian she should know that humans speak many languages." [The 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, and 00s of Power Pop!]

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Chantal Kreviazuk Gets Off Avril Lavigne's Case

Canadian songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk has recanted her claim that Avril Lavigne ripped off a song of hers. A statement released by Kreviazuk claimed that "Avril is an accomplished songwriter and it has been my privilege to work with her"; sadly, it didn't say what it was like to work with Dr. Luke or the Matrix. Much more interesting than Kreviazuk's backpedaling, though, was the closing line of Billboard's writeup: "Both acts are managed by Nettwerk Management in Vancouver." We're sure that was a fun conference call.

Kreviazuk Retracts Lavigne Songwriting Comments [Billboard]

3:15 PM on Tue Jul 10 2007
By mjohnston
1,821 views, 2 comments

Latest by twinnstar: yeah chantal, cause the lyrics "now i think i'll get through the end of the world/now i think ill get through being a girl" are so flabergastingly stupendous! more »

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Avril Lavigne's "Influences" Keep Popping Up All Over The Place


Above, a side-by-side comparison of Peaches' "I'm The Kinda" and Avril Lavigne's "I Don't Have To Try," the latest bit of semi-plagiarism to be unearthed on The Best Damn Thing. Give Avril credit: At least she's trying to adhere to Can-Con regulations in her song-borrowing.

Video Peaches And Avril Lavigne's Songs [Daily Motion]

10:30 AM on Tue Jul 10 2007
By mjohnston
1,090 views, 13 comments

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All That Vitamin Water Cash Can't Buy 50 Cent An Original Beat

Over the weekend, 50 Cent released "I Got Money," which, on first listen, we actually sort of enjoyed; its halfway-decent beat was only marred by 50's lackadaisical flow (and apparently contract-mandated Vitamin Water mentions). As it turns out—and why are we not surprised by this?—said beat wasn't 50's at all, but instead nicked from a Massachusetts rapper named Jimmie Hoffa. Nah Right weighs in: More »

4:17 PM on Mon Jul 2 2007
By mjohnston
3,335 views, 9 comments

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Will The Real "Creep" Please Stand Up?

As long-time readers and admirers of My Old Kentucky Blog, we were distressed to receive a tip in our inbox, claiming the site lifted significant portions of the Wikipedia entry on Radiohead's "Creep", without giving any credit to the fine, fine nerds who work on Wikipedia. After checking it out, it looks like MOKB jacked not just a few little facts or figures, but entire paragraph-length passages (again, without crediting Wiki). What the hell's wrong with you kids? How hard is it to write 800 original words about Radiohead? That's the only band you ever talk about. More »

6:00 PM on Tue Sep 26 2006
By Brian Raftery
254 views, 13 comments

Latest by jddimitri: C'mon - This is a music blog we're talking about, not the New York Times or Newsweek. People don't go there to read. They go there to download songs. more »