It's not clear what the timeline for that next step is. This doesn't mean the songwriters did steal from Bowen, only that Bowen's case can move forward. "No plagiarist can excuse the wrong by showing how much of his work he did not pirate," Trauger writes. The ruling relies heavily on precedent set in previous cases, including one involving George Clinton (the words "bow wow wow, yippee yo, yippea yea" are used in this ruling).
The Hollywood Reporter makes a case that the Sixth Circuit Court is particularly friendly to plaintiffs in music disputes. Melodies and distinctive vocal intonations. However, Bowen argues that the defendants appropriated not only the words “Remind me” and “Baby, remind me,” but the manner in which Bowen utilized those words in the song “Remind Me,” as well as the associated The parties appear to agree, as they must, that the words “Remind me” and “Baby, remind me” are, in and of themselves, not copyrightable. With the exception of the words “remind me” and “baby, remind me,” the lyrics of the songs are different. The key points in Judge Trauger's ruling state that the lyrics aren't as important as how they're performed: While she is mentioned by name, it's not clear how closely Bowen worked with this person. This employee was a "song pluggger" - someone who takes a songwriter's songs and tries to get singers to record them. Following that, Bowen performed the song many times around Nashville.įurthermore, an employee for a publishing company Bowen began working with in 2009 left and joined EMI Music Publishing, Lovelace's publisher. He critiqued her song extensively and said the track would work well as a duet. Bowen says she participated in a 14-week country music songwriting workshop in early 2008, during which Lovelace was a featured advisor.
That alone may not have been enough for Judge Aleta Trauger to dismiss Paisley and the other defendants' request for dismissal. The songs are lyrically very different, but both use the words " Remind me" followed by " Baby, remind me" multiple times in the chorus.
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