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29.09.2023 - 15:54 / etcanada.com
Rick Astley’s lawsuit against Yung Gravy has been settled.
According to court documents obtained by People, the suit — which Astley launched back in January — was settled for “an undisclosed sum.”
At the heart of the lawsuit is Yung Gravy’s track “Betty (Get Money)”, which begins with a snippet of Astley’s classic “Never Gonna Give You Up”. However, it’s actually a recreation of the song, sung by a soundalike.
READ MORE: Rick Astley Sues Yung Gravy Over Soundalike Imitating His ‘Signature Voice’
That led Astley to sue for copyright infringement, claiming that the rapper (whose real name is Matthew Hauri) used “a deliberate and nearly indistinguishable imitation” of Astley’s voice in “Betty (Get Money)”.
“The public could not tell the difference. The imitation of Mr. Astley’s voice was so successful the public believed it was actually Mr. Astley singing,” the lawsuit asserted, also alleging that the soundalike — singer Popnick, whose real name is Nick Seeley — represented “an effort to capitalize off of the immense popularity and goodwill of Mr. Astley.”
The suit added, “A license to use the original underlying musical composition does not authorize the stealing of the artist’s voice in the original recording. So, instead, they resorted to theft of Mr. Astley’s voice without a license and without agreement.”
The suit also cited a Billboard interview from August 2022, in which Yung Gravy stated, “My boy Nick, who does a lot of sample replays and recreating original samples, we basically remade the whole song. Had a different singer and instruments, but it was all really close because it makes it easier legally.”
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Rick Astley has settled a months-long lawsuit with American rapper Yung Gravy over the use of his song ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ in Gravy’s 2022 single ‘Betty (Get Money)’.Deadline reports that an attorney for Yung Gravy had filed court papers with Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Elaine Mandel this past Tuesday (September 22), which stated the case was resolved on Friday September 22.No further details were divulged, however, and neither Gravy nor Astley – or representatives from their respective legal teams – have commented on the suit since the news of its settlement was made public.In January, Astley sued Yung Gravy – real name Matthew Hauri – on the grounds of his vocals being imitated on ‘Betty’ without authorisation.The suit alleged that in the terms of clearing the sample of ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ for the song, Hauri and his co-producers were allowed to replicate the instrumental of the song and interpolate its chorus melody for its own hook. As such, the original songwriting team of Stock Aitken Waterman were given writers’ credits.
UPDATED, 11:25 AM: Rick Astley has settled his right-of-publicity suit against “Betty (Get Money)” rapper Yung Gravy over a song that the British singer claimed borrowed heavily from his signature 1987 hit “Never Gonna Give You Up.”
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