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    Avril Lavigne rejects copy claim

     

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    Lavigne played at the T In The Park festival last weekend

     

    Canadian pop star Avril Lavigne has denied copying a song by 1970s rock band The Rubinoos.

     

    Songwriters Tommy Dunbar and James Gangwer allege Lavigne's recent hit single Girlfriend was lifted from their 1979 song I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend.

     

    But Lavigne said she has "never in my life heard of" the band and says her song has "no musical similarities".

     

    "Their claim is based on five words," she wrote on her website. "All songs share similar lyrics and emotions."

     

    Dunbar and Gangwer launched a legal case against Lavigne in a US District Court in San Francisco last week.

     

    They alleged that "the lyric, the meter, the rhythm" of the Canadian star's song were "identical" to their tune.

     

    'Falsely accused'

     

    But Lavigne reacted angrily to the claims in a message headed "to my dear media, friends, and fans".

     

    "Simply put, I have been falsely accused of ripping their song off," she said.

     

    "Luke [Gottwald, songwriter] and I have done nothing wrong and there is no merit to their claim."

     

    The 22-year-old singer went on to say that the lyrical conceit of Girlfriend could be compared to other hit records.

     

    "Off the top of my head, two other songs that I can immediately think of with this type of lyric are 'Hey, hey, you, you get off of my cloud' by the Rolling Stones and 'Hey little girl I want to be your boyfriend' by the Ramones," she said.

     

    "As humans we speak one language."

     

    New wave group The Rubinoos toured and recorded from 1975 to 1983 and had a hit with a cover version of Tommy James and the Shondells' I Think We're Alone Now.

     

    They also wrote the theme song for the movie Revenge of the Nerds.

     

    Lavigne, best known for hits such as Complicated and Sk8er Boi, recently scooped the award for favourite Canadian artist at the MuchMusic Video Awards in Toronto.

     

    The legal case will be heard in Oakland, California, on 28 August.

     

     

    Source: BBC News - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6287640.stm

    My cousin wants to study and claims JobSeeker's Allowance - however, when he took all his course info to the Job Centre, he was told if he studied at all - full or part time - he was eligible for no money whatsoever.

     

    Well how on earth would one seek a job when in full time education :unsure:

    I've never had grants,bursaries or the ema through college and University because of my family income ^_^ and I ain't bitter.

     

    The problem with the ema is doesn't it go to the 16 year old's pocket, like said above you don't know what it will be spent on.

    that article makes me laugh.

     

    i reckon half of the folk goin 2 see the spice girls would be repulsed at the sight of 5 tarts pratting about on stage miming.

     

    The Spice Girls aren't miming :w00t: You obviously haven't been to GA's 2 sellout arena tours :smoke:

    the right time of year, and should guarantee CIN a successful single for the first time since Girls Aloud :D

     

    Far too early for them to decide yet though, so I'll just hold on and see

    07/07 23:05 Venezuela 1 - 4 Uruguay S1

    07/07 01:50 Chile 1 - 6 Brazil S2

    08/07 21:05 Mexico 6 - 0 Paraguay S3

    08/07 23:50 Argentina 4 - 0 Peru S4

    10/07 01:50 Uruguay 2 - 2 Brazil (Brazil win 5-4 on penalties) F1

     

    thread updated :cheer:

     

    come on Mexico tonight :D