EARLY ACCESS: Olivia Rodrigo vs Originality
Added 2021-10-08 16:01:03 +0000 UTCVIDEO LINK: https://youtu.be/9j41-axh2K8
It's Friday and it's time for your Early Dose! This month's videos are going to feature a LOT of callbacks it seems (I didn't plan it, but I guess when you've been doing this for nearly 12 years a lot of topics tend to overlap), this one references a video from 5 years ago where I predicted that the decision in the Pharrell/Robin Thicke vs Marvin Gaye's Estate case would have weird repercussions for pop music moving forward. And surprise, surprise... Buckstradamus strikes again, as Olivia Rodrigo has to give song writing credits and royalties to artists because she was inspired by them. How much originality is left in music? Let's discuss with this week's video. Enjoy!
As new generations of pop stars enter an industry where it feels like almost everything has been done before, is there any room left for innovation? And what happens when there isn't, and new artists start sounding like the older artists who inspired them? Olivia Rodrigo is finding out the hard way as she's forced to give up royalties for songs that sorta kinda sound like something made before. How far is too far when it comes to copyright, and does homage also have to come with a lifetime royalty payment?
Comments
You'd think, but the problem is that they only think about themselves. Instead of thinking long-term about how this could come back to bite them in the ass, they go "yeah but we want OUR money right now!", so then when the inevitable Paramore reunion happens and they make a song that sounds like something Lacuna Coil or Metric or some other lady-fronted rock band did a decade ago, they'll just have to give it back.
Adam Buckley
2021-10-11 18:04:55 +0000 UTCSounds like a bunch of greedy weirdos. Like there isn't a normal person in the group who could've looked at this proposition and said "That's dumb. We're not pursuing this. It's going to kick off a chain reaction of bullshit in which we'll all get caught."
Shumiry
2021-10-10 11:59:47 +0000 UTCNot before they get sued by the cavemen of 2 million B.C
Yung Cactus
2021-10-10 00:26:49 +0000 UTCReally it comes down to whom has the most money, better lawyers, or sympathy. The whole music scene is basically eating itself alive, and where I'd normally watch with glee, it's going to stifle creativity, which means were' gonna be stuck with the same ole recycled garbage we've been listening to for years.
TheOriginalGamer79
2021-10-09 18:50:36 +0000 UTCFuck it, give ancient tribal humans royalties for all music, it was their idea
Brian Pilgrim
2021-10-08 20:52:23 +0000 UTCNice steamed hams reference 🤣🤣🤣 good to see you’re getting your meme on. As a musician, this shit is very concerning. Appropriation is a very important element of all arts, and done properly is very much legal and acceptable. It’s important to be able to take inspiration from another style, element, sound, whatever, and be able to add to it to create something new and unique. The current direction of music is frightening. No one will be able to create anything anymore at this rate without someone chasing the dollar and suing you to oblivion.
Ash Archer
2021-10-08 19:16:57 +0000 UTCIt's just sad that the artists on top of the payroll for music are fighting for more money in a industry that's on fire.
Michał Michalski
2021-10-08 16:22:12 +0000 UTC
