British Songwriters Allege that The Weeknd Copied Melody for ‘Lonely Night’

British Songwriters Allege that The Weeknd Copied Melody for ‘Lonely Night’

By PPLAdmin / May 27, 2021

On January 27, 2021, British songwriters Brian Clover and Scott McCulloch filed an appellate brief urging the Ninth Circuit to revive their copyright infringement suit accusing Canadian R&B singer “The Weeknd” of ripping off their 2005 song “I Need to Love” to record his 2016 song “A Lonely Night,” arguing that the “identical” melodies are…

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