#bastile

[lifeisahighway]

[esreil]

I have only started watching all of Horrible Histories in one go somewhere around June and I am already at Australia. What the heck.

[bastfeels]

You know you're Bastille trash when you're hyped for the Distraction Tactics film club but haven't watched the film

[bleuhour]

illenium... working.... on a.... bastille song.... will i.... survive.....

[aboutstark]

BASTILLE // Germany Rocks

[spooky-stille]

"Happier," a Global Pop Hit, Alleged in Lawsuit to Copy DJ's Remix

Marshmello faces a complaint from Arty.

Marshmello faces a complaint from Arty.

Most copyright lawsuits in the songcraft realm begin with a comparison of two works. A new legal action targeting "Happier," an international smash from Marshmello and Bastille, adds a wrinkle in the form of a third song as the plaintiff must also implicitly show what his work is not.

The plaintiff in the case is Arty, a successful DJ/producer who authored "I Lived (Arty Remix)," which is itself an authorized derivative of "I Lived" from the band One Republic. Arty (Artem Stoliarov) alleges that "Happier" is an infringement of "I Lived (Arty Remix)."

Just because Arty's song traces to another doesn't mean he can't sue for copyright. Instead, he enjoys ownership over any original elements added to One Republic's version. A complaint filed on Monday in California federal court acknowledges that Arty doesn't claim dominion over the underlying "I Lived" composition from New Republic but nevertheless attacks the songwriters behind "Happier" for "willfully copying" the "original composition elements" of his own remix "note for note."

The defendants in the lawsuit include Marshmello (Christopher Comstock), Daniel Campbell Smith, Steve Mac, and various music publishing companies.

[willyfarquarsons]

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[olaxandra]

DAN SMITH KISSED ME AND IDK WHAT TO DO WITH MY LIFE NOW I KNOW WHAT DAN SMELLS LIKE AND HOW HE HUGS AND HOW SOFT HIS LIPS ARE IM GONNA YEET MYSELF INTO THE SUN