Sony Music and Chris Brown Respond to a $1.5 Million Copyright Infringement Lawsuit
Chris Brown and his label Sony Music Entertainment responded to the US$1.5 million copyright infringement lawsuit which was filed against them by the UK-based Greensleeves Publishing Ltd in a New York District Court last year. The complaint alleged that Brown and Sony ripped off lyrics and rhythms from Red Rat’s Tight Up Skirt (1997) and used them in Privacy (2017).
According to court documents recently obtained by DancehallMag, Brown and Sony’s lawyers have rejected the majority of Greensleeves’ allegations, but have met with the Reggae label’s legal representatives for at least one settlement discussion.
Red Rat‘s attorney-at-law Merrick Dammar, who previously revealed that Greensleeves’ lawsuit had been filed without his client’s knowledge or permission, remains confident that the Dancehall deejay’s contentions will be ultimately successful. “I am not in the habit of discussing open cases, but our strategies are being followed and we’re going to see those strategies through to the end. What Greensleeves is doing is part of the process, I am confident that our contention will be addressed, and we will have great success in our endeavours,” Dammar told DancehallMag.
