Big Law
Olivia Dean Accused of Plagiarizing Bill Withers’ “Just the Two of Us”
Olivia Dean has been accused of plagiarizing the Bill Withers classic Just the Two of Us.
The owners of Withers’ back catalogue aimed that allegation at his fellow Grammy winner in a copyright infringement lawsuit filed on Thursday in US federal court in Los Angeles.
Mattie Music Group contended that Dean’s track I’ve Seen It stole “substantial” aspects of Withers’ 1981 collaboration with Grover Washington Jr, which ascended to No 2 on Billboard’s Hot 100 before enjoying a comeback much more recently on the TikTok social media platform.
Read more at The Guardian
