Get your money? There& #39;s a new copyright infringement lawsuit vs. Donald Glover aka Childish Gambino over This is America. It& #39;s not by Jase Harley (apparently he& #39;s cool with it). It& #39;s another song. And here& #39;s what& #39;s fascinating about it. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/20699581-nwosuocha_v_glover_this_is_america_complaint_vs_childish_gambino">https://www.documentcloud.org/documents...
It was just last week I wrote about copyright infringement lawsuits over a flow. I could only think of two that arguably over a flow: the Truth Hurts lawsuit and the "7 rings" lawsuit vs. Ariana Grande. https://twitter.com/MarkJKings/status/1387759362865655810">https://twitter.com/MarkJKing...
I don& #39;t think those lawsuits acknowledged they were suing over a flow, however.

This new one vs. Childish Gambino. The flow is critical to the lawsuit:
Exhibits include this YouTube comment:
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/20699580-nwosuocha_v_glover_exhibit_c_flow">https://www.documentcloud.org/documents...
More. The flows are discussed in the expert report attached to the Complaint.
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/20699579-nwosuocha_v_glover_exhibit_d_flow">https://www.documentcloud.org/documents...
The plaintiff& #39;s song in a TMZ article the lawsuit. You can compare. I think the similar flow is key to their claims. That& #39;s it. The plaintiff& #39;s song sounds less like This is America than Jase& #39;s song does.
I don& #39;t know if there have been other lawsuits over rapper& #39;s flow, or if there ought to be. Before Blurred Lines changed what we know about "your song kind of sounds like my song" lawsuits I wouldn& #39;t have expected any.
I don& #39;t know of any reason for a court to treat a rapper& #39;s flow differently than any other melody.

I suspect, however, the plaintiff will have a hard time proving it& #39;s original to him.
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