{"id":242609,"date":"2016-08-24T13:59:26","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T13:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=242609"},"modified":"2016-08-24T13:59:26","modified_gmt":"2016-08-24T13:59:26","slug":"ariana-grande-is-sued-for-music-copyright-over-her-track-one-last-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/08\/ariana-grande-is-sued-for-music-copyright-over-her-track-one-last-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Ariana Grande is &#8216;sued for music copyright&#8217; over her track One Last Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ariana Grande is the latest star to be taken to court in America accused of copyright infringement.<\/p>\n<p>She&#8217;s being accused of ripping off a track which was released two years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Songwriter Alex Greggs says her David Guetta tune One Last Time has the same chorus as his EDM tune, Takes All Night, which he wrote for Skye Stevens.<\/p>\n<p>According to entertainment website TMZ, Alex Greggs says Ariana Grande copied his music as well as lyrics like &#8220;take(s) [or taking] you home&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image_container \"><img src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/1107\/production\/_90895340_bbc_grande.jpg\" alt=\"Ariana Grande\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\"><span class=\"screen_reader_text\">Image caption<\/span>Ariana Grande performed at Radio 1&#8217;s Big Weekend in Glasgow<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He&#8217;s reportedly suing for a cut of the profits from the 23-year-old star&#8217;s track, which was written by David Guetta, Savan Kotecha, Giorgio Tuinfort, Rami Yacoub and Carl Falk.<\/p>\n<p>These are the two tracks.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"embedded-youtube\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BPgEgaPk62M\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"embedded-youtube\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZDV2O1OEXaM\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Alex Greggs has worked with the likes of Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake and Michael Jackson in the past.<\/p>\n<p>Australian band Safia accused Ariana Grande of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.news.com.au\/entertainment\/music\/ariana-grande-accused-of-ripping-off-aussie-band-safia-in-new-music-video\/news-story\/dea97a76471831da7e51095e4fb864f5\">ripping off their video<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n<p>The trio suggested on Facebook that similarities between the US star&#8217;s clip for One Last Time and their song You Are The One &#8220;might just be a coincidence&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embedded\">\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\" data-twitter-event-id=\"0\">\n<div id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--mediaForward media-forward js-clickToOpenTarget js-tweetIdInfo\" lang=\"en-gb\" data-click-to-open-target=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SimonVelo\/status\/567278673837817856\" data-iframe-title=\"Twitter Tweet\" data-dt-full=\"%{hours12}:%{minutes} %{amPm} - 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