![]() ![]() In papers to the court on Friday, Usher’s camp attacks these theories. As such, the judge says the song may have been heard by Usher because it was available through “wide dissemination.” Further, the judge did her own independent research and found Reel Tight’s album to have reached position 197 for a single week in 1999 on Billboard’s R&B/Hip Hop chart of top 200 albums. ![]() But she did rule it to be an issue of material fact whether a third-party intermediary, hip hop star Warren G, may have provided the link, having had mutual collaboration with both parties. In her decision, Judge Snyder didn’t buy the one about Usher and members of Reel Tight having much personal contact with each other. Straughter offered several theories, some more convincing than others. Leaving aside the issue of whether these songs sound alike, the big controversy at the moment in the lawsuit is whether Usher and Dupri had access to Straughter’s song. Here’s a YouTube clip of Usher’s “ Burn” and a clip of Reel Tight’s “ No More Pain.” Hard for us to hear significant resemblance, but an expert for the plaintiffs submitted a report that the two songs shared measurable similarities, including a “highly unusual” 18-bar introduction, musical instruments that enter at the exact same bars, similar guitar and vocal stylings, the pitches and phrasings of certain melodies, and other compositional congruity. To make the claims stick, Straughter needs to show two big elements – that the defendants had access to his work and there was substantial similarity in the songs. In the case, Straugther alleges he created a song entitled “The Reasons Why,” which showed up on an album by the R&B group Reel Tight under the name “No More Pain” in late 1998. District Court Judge Christina Snyder to reconsider her August order denying summary judgment.
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