celeb news Adele's label files appeal after Brazilian judge ordered her song be pulled globally

[Nefertiti0]

A Brazilian judge has ordered a song by Adele, Million Years Ago, be pulled worldwide – including on streaming services – over a continuing plagiarism claim by a Brazilian composer.
 

The injunction threatens the Brazilian subsidiaries of Sony and Universal, Adele's labels, with a fine of $8,000 "per act of non-compliance". The music companies, however, can still appeal the decision.
 

The injunction was made by judge Victor Torres, in Rio de Janeiro's sixth commercial court, pending further activity in the continuing plagiarism case.  His preliminary injunction orders Sony and Universal to stop "immediately and globally, from using, reproducing, editing, distributing or commercializing the song Million Years Ago, by any modality, means, physical or digital support, streaming or sharing platform".
 

"It is a landmark for Brazilian music, which … has often been copied to compose successful international hits," Fredimio Trotta, the lawyer for Brazilian composer Toninho Geraes, who brought the plagiarism complaint, told AFP.
 

Geraes claims Adele's 2015 song plagiarized the music of his samba classic Mulheres (Women), recorded by Brazilian singer Martinho da Vila on a 1995 hit album.
 

Geraes is suing for lost royalties, $160,000 in moral damages, plus songwriting credit on Adele's track.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/16/adele-million-years-ago-plagiarism-brazil-composer
 

 

Edited December 17, 2024 by Nefertiti0

[SupremeGoddess]

Let's go ahead and remove the entire discography too  

[Vermillion]

This can't be enforced globally  

 

All that's going to happen is a ban on inclusion of the song on the album in Brazil similar to Madonna's Frozen in Belgium before that ruling was struck down.

[YoungDreamer]

They will settle an agreement like Gotye did back then

[on the line]

Well, she did say Beyonce was a big influence on her. 

[MatiRod]

That's not how that works  Brazil does not have jurisdiction outside of its borders

[aotearoa]

serving gotye 

[Eduardo Hemann]

It was so easy to resolve this, Adele's team just needed to agree to the deal that had already been requested. Removing the song was the right decision. 

[50thStateofMind]

35 minutes ago, on the line said:

Well, she did say Beyonce was a big influence on her. 

Beyonce STAYS on your mind no matter what thread youʻre in  

[BrokenMachine]

These legal holes over a simple slow melody 

[SlowGinFizzzz]

Good luck enforcing this lol. 

[romas_ld]

i thought it was Mariah's "My All" ripoff not something from brazil 

[Mezik]

Like this judge knows anything about plagiarism.  

 

Their lack of knowledge is embarrassing. Acting like they have any say whether this is pulled worldwide too is hilarious.  

[Mariano]

I never liked Million years ago, and always thought it sounded familliar, but not cuz of some brazillian song lol, it's just the melody is not very original. 

It's my least fav song on the legendary 25 album, which otherwise (to me) is her best album. 

[mike_int]

For those lazy to google it:

 

 

[zzmyth]

26 minutes ago, mike_int said:

For those lazy to google it:

 

 

I always felt like I had heard the bridge in a million years ago. But definitely it's not from that brazilian song.

 

Anyway I know I heard that melody somewhere else.

 

Still I ADORE AMYA

[mike_int]

2 minutes ago, zzmyth said:

I always felt like I had heard the bridge in a million years ago. But definitely it's not from that brazilian song.

 

Anyway I know I heard that melody somewhere else.

 

Still I ADORE AMYA

The verse melody is very similar tbh

[mike_int]

10 hours ago, Vermillion said:

This can't be enforced globally  

 

All that's going to happen is a ban on inclusion of the song on the album in Brazil similar to Madonna's Frozen in Belgium before that ruling was struck down.

That is the first thing which came to my mind, but I think the ban in Belgium was overruled in favor of Madonna like 10 years ago and it is not banned anymore

[Fancyhoodlum]

11 hours ago, Vermillion said:

This can't be enforced globally  

 

All that's going to happen is a ban on inclusion of the song on the album in Brazil similar to Madonna's Frozen in Belgium before that ruling was struck down.

why was Frozen banned in Belgium? 

[Outlaws]

2 hours ago, mike_int said:

For those lazy to google it:

 

 

I hear it  

[mike_int]

4 hours ago, Fancyhoodlum said:

why was Frozen banned in Belgium? 

cause the melody of verse is "similar" to this song by Belgian artist

 

 

But it was overruled and it is not banned anymore

Edited December 17, 2024 by mike_int

[theweekend]

i will miss million years ago

anyways rio always doing the most

[DanMex]

"A millón years ago" sounds like many songs at the same time , it was a matter of time 

[Iceland]

Lock her up 

[anti-bitch]

Universal Music handles Adele's music distribution in Brazil and they are fighting back against the court decision which stated the song "Million Years Ago" by her is a plagiarism of "Mulheres" by Toninho Geraes.

This is a quote from the article linked below. 

The lawsuit is being processed through the Rio de Janeiro courts for copyright and intellectual property violations. The company's lawyers explain, according to Ancelmo Gois' column for O Globo, that: "the similarities between the two works are essentially due to the fact that several songs use a musical cliché known as Chord Progression by the Circle of Fifths."

https://www.otempo.com.br/entretenimento/2024/12/17/gravadora-universal-apresenta-recurso-contra-liminar-que-proibiu-execucao-da-musica-de-adele