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Paramore hit with ‘you stole my song’ lawsuit
By CMU Editorial | Published on Friday 15 October 2010
Paramore are the latest act to be accused of ripping off someone else’s song. A little known Florida-based band called Tenspoke Indies say that the pop rockers have lifted part of their song ‘Starlighter’ for the Paramore hit ‘The Only Exception’.
The accusers say they sent a copy of their demo containing ‘Starlighter’ to Paramore’s record label Fueled By Ramen in 2006. Paramore’s album ‘Brand New Eyes’, which included ‘The Only Exception’, came out in 2009. In a lawsuit filed in the Pennsylvanian courts this week, Tenspoke Indies claim there is “substantial” similarity between the two songs “including but not limited to, similarities in the introductions, arrangements, the chord progression, the key, the melody, the lyrical theme, the rhythm and tempo of both songs”.
Paramore and Fueled By Ramen are yet to respond.
