A hit song performed by Colombian pop star Shakira was indirectly copied from another songwriter’s work, a federal judge in New York has found.<\/p>\n
Judge Alvin Hellerstein said Shakira’s Spanish-language version of Loca in 2010 had infringed on a song by Dominican singer Ramon Arias Vazquez.<\/p>\n
Her English language version of Loca – which featured Dizzee Rascal – was “not offered into evidence” at the trial.<\/p>\n
Neither version of Loca was released as a single in the UK.<\/p>\n
However, the Spanish language version – a collaboration with Dominican rapper Eduard Edwin Bello Pou, better known as El Cata – was widely released as a single around the world. It went on to sell more than five million copies and topped Billboard Magazine’s Latin charts.<\/p>\n
It was also included on her 2010 album Sale el Sol. For English language markets, the album was titled The Sun Comes Out and both versions of the song were included.<\/p>\n
In a ruling on Tuesday, Judge Hellerstein said that while the hit single had been based on an earlier version of a song recorded by Bello [El Cata], that itself had been copied from Arias Vasquez’s original song.<\/p>\n
“There is no dispute that Shakira’s version of the song was based on Bello’s version,” wrote the judge in his ruling.<\/p>\n
“Accordingly, I find that, since Bello had copied Arias, whoever wrote Shakira’s version of the song also indirectly copied Arias,” he concluded.<\/p>\n
Ramon Arias Vazquez penned his song Loca con su Tiguere in the 1990s, but Bello has denied copying it.<\/p>\n
The case has yet to determine damages for the plaintiff, Mayimba Music, which holds the rights to Arias’ work.<\/p>\n
Shakira’s song was distributed by Sony in both Spanish and English, but the copyright lawsuit mainly focused on the Spanish version.<\/p>\n
On 13 July, the Colombian singer performed at the World Cup closing ceremony in Rio de Janeiro.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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