Chris Brown facing Lawsuit over Copyright infringement on 2017 hit “Privacy”

Chris Brown is the subject of yet another lawsuit

Chris Brown is facing a lawsuit for copyright infringement over his double-platinum hit “Privacy”, which released in March 2017. Brown stands accused of ripping off portions of his multi-platinum hit from Dancehall musician Red Rat’s 1997 track “Tight Up Skirt.” Red Rat himself isn’t responsible for filing the suit, however. In fact, the rights to his 90’s hit belong to the UK based company Greensleeves Publishing Ltd.

Greensleeves claims that Chris Brown and Sony Music Entertainment’s “exploitation of Tight Up Skirt has occurred without authorization or permission and constitutes an infringement of the copyright in the musical composition.” Brown “stole the core musical feature” of the single without their permission, according to Greensleeves, that being the chorus.

A melody containing the lyrics ‘Hey you girl inna di tight upskirt’ and ‘Hey you girl without a tight up skirt’, respectively begins each chorus to both songs (see below).

This marks the Second Lawsuit for Brown in the last week

Chris Brown is also facing a lawsuit from a former housekeeper after she was allegedly mauled by his canines. The vicious incident took place in December while she was cleaning Brown’s home in Tarzana, California. She claims she needed emergency surgery to save her life. Brown then allegedly instructed his security crew to get rid of the evidence, according to the lawsuit. Brown’s security team drove 600 miles north and released the dog in Humboldt County.

On December 18, Miranda, CA police received information about a stray dog and investigated it. They traced the dog back to Brown’s address using the microchip inside Hades.  Brown went on to surrender the dog to the authorities and  At this time, neither Brown nor his lawyer has responded to the lawsuit.

Written by John Galietta

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