Justin Timberlake, Lance Bass and the rest of the boys from *NSYNC, along with their label Jive Records, are being blasted over a hit song from the past that they allegedly ripped off -- and the dispute could cost 'em more than $10 million bucks.
In a lawsuit filed yesterday in a Las Vegas Federal Court, a musician named Troy Alexander (aka "Royal T") claims he met with Jive records in 1990 and introduced them to his demo tape of the song "Up Against the Wall." According to documents, JIVE signed *NSYNC a few years later, who then released a song "substantially similar" to Alexander's work in 2001. The song in question featured the same title and was featured on the smash album "Celebrity." The boys also performed the song on their "PopOdyssey" tour.
According to Troy's attorneys at Callister and Reynolds, the similarities are much more of a "battle of written lyrics," as opposed to sound.
A rep for Jive told TMZ that they were not aware of the claim and had not been served with any papers.
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Are you serious???? This guy obviously has nothing better to do. The only things that they have in common is the name of the song and some of the words. What about all they other songs that have the same names and have simular words? I think that this is crazy. I wish all the best to Nsync and I know that all of their fans will be standing by them. Their version looks like it is so much better than this other guys.
I was relieved to see that i was not the nly one who ..just coudn't see how anyone could think these 2 songs were the same. I also felt that a legitimate lawsuit does not take six years to be filed
the two songs are not even remotely similar....the song sounds more like a rip off of the Fresh Prince of Bel Air theme song than anything else
JUST ANOTHER STUPID LAWSUIT, TYING UP THE COURT SYSTEM!
THE LYRICS ARE NOT EVEN CLOSE TO BEING THE SAME, IN TERMS OF WHAT IT IS SAYING.
THE N*SYNC VERSION IS LOVELY.
THE OTHER ONE READS AMATEURISHLY.
THE OTHER GUY MUST HAVE A LOT OF TIME ON HIS HANDS.
I PREDICT THIS CASE WILL BE THROWN OUT THE VERY FIRST DAY OF THE HEARING, THUS SPARING A JURY AN EXPENSIVE, STUPID, USELESS TRIAL.
GO, N*SYNC!
The lyrics aren't similar at all. The story lines and themes aren't even similar. And I'll guess from Troy's lawyer's statement that the music isn't similar either. Hooray for frivolous lawsuits. I hope they put him down and charge him for costs.
Not seeing the similarity either... The title's the same... annnd.. That's it? If this guy was so concerned, why did it take this long to show up as a lawsuit? (Maybe he had a legitimate reason for it taking 6 years... If he does it looks like that would be the only legitimate thing here...)
The lyrics are not close to being similar.
"Royal T" should stop now before it gets even more embarrassing.
This is the reason real cases cannot be tried correctly in California. Too much petty made up crap being taken seriously by the D.A.'s.
Granted the lyrics may not be copied word for word, but there are enough similarities to see they came from the same writer. Everyone is berating Mr. Alexander for fighting for what is his, when they should be giving him props for going up against a group like NSYNC knowing the battle ahead will be a vicious one. i wish him luck and hope he gets what he is entitled to.
What! The lyrics are NOTING alike. drop your case Royal T, your still worthless, and going to remain worthless. good luck idiots, thanks for wasting the "systems" time. This is why it takes 4 months to get court dates..
They both suck...wait a minute I just saw Superficial said Lindsay Lohan has no nipples...now that's worth checking out. :P
Am I slow or what??? I don't know what they are suing N'Sync over!!!! What some people do for attention!!!
Kudos to Troy Alexander
Another classic example of plagiarism. Originality is not NSYNC's forte. They started out as a dressed up carbon copy of BACKSTREET BOYS. They had a uniqueness and sounded like BOYS and NSYNC????? - boys and girls.
If anyone of the above people would bother to check all the lyrics on THE DOCUMENTS you would see that it has been slightly altered but the intent and content is definitely too close to be claimed as an original by NSYNC.
If someone took your white sneakers and painted them red - would they still be your sneakers??? You would want to be paid for them or a new pair - right? Same difference in this case.
Too often unknown and struggling artists are ripped off by the elite well-known celebrities and are not in a position to fight. It's time for the courts to make a statement - plagiarism can no longer be allowed.
Take it to the Supreme Court if you have to Troy - GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!
all i could do is laugh ..... what they used the same title and some of the words are in their lyrics. but two totally different subjects nothing alike sorry unless `using any words that he may have used at all were copy write infringed..sorry subject matter not the same i dont see it does he own all the words he uses that means he can sue anyone he wants now.
