AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Nag-aalala ang singer na si John Legend sa posibilidad na epekto ng Blurred Lines verdict na maaaring maging sanhi ng pagkatakot sa mga artist na gumawa ng kanta.
Sa panayam sa Associated Press, sinabi ng Grammy winner na naiintindihan niya kung bakit sinasabi ng ibang tao na magkatunog at halos magkapareho ang biggest hit song nina Pharrell Williams at Robin Thicke na Blurred Lines noong 2013 sa Got to Give It Up ni Marvin Gaye noong 1977 at sinabing, “I said that when I first heard it, too.”
Ngunit sinabi niya na hindi siya sang-ayon sa sinabi ng jury na kinopya ng performers ang kanta ni Gaye.
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“You have to be careful when it comes to copyrights, whether just sounding like or feeling like something is enough to say you violated their copyrights,” sabi ng singer-songwriter sa Associated Press noong Sabado bago nagtanghal sa South by Southwest music festival. “Because there’s a lot of music out there, and there’s a lot of things that feel like other things that are influenced by other things. And you don’t want to get into that thing where all of us are suing each other all the time because this and that song feels like another song,” paliwanag ni Legend.
Si Williams, na dating nakatrabaho ni Legend, at si Thicke ay pinagbabayad ng $7.4 million sa tatlong anak ni Gaye.
“I think we have to be careful about that, and I’m a little concerned that this verdict might be a slippery slope,” pahayag ni Legend.
Napag-alaman din na may bagong album na bubuin si Legend (na sisimulan sa susunod ng linggo) pagkatapos niyang bumalik mula sa bakasyon. At dahil dito, natanong siya kung may nararamdaman siyang kaba dahil nag-hit ang All of Me.
“The pressure I put on myself isn’t, ‘I have to make another ‘All of Me.’ It’s just I have to write great songs. I want to make a better record than I made the last time. I want to grow. I want to discover new things about myself creatively,” pahayag ng aktor.
