After being sued by his former housekeeper and her husband, who claimed that his dog, Hades attacked her, Chris Brown is facing a second lawsuit of 2021.
The entity Chris Brown TV as well as Sony Music and the singer himself is alleged to be in breach of copyright infringement as Greensleeves Publishing are prepared to take Brown to court.
The 32-year-old is accused of nabbing pieces from dancehall artist Red Rat’s 1997 track “Tight Up Skirt,” for Brown’s song “Privacy” which was released four years ago and became an RIAA certified multi-platinum song.
Greensleeves Publishing states in court documents that it “owns and administers exclusive music publishing rights in the United States” for “Tight Up Skirt.” As reported by Complex, the filing notes that Brown “took the core musical feature” of “Tight Up Skirt” and “used it prominently” in “Privacy,” and “without permission” at that.
The documents also allege that there are similar elements within the lyrics of the two songs. “Hey you girl inna di tight upskirt,” is used in Red Rat’s track, while Brown’s “Privacy” says “Hey you girl without a tight upskirt.”
The New York-based publishing company are requesting over $500,000 in damages and over one million dollars for “the gains, profits, and advantages [Brown and SME] have obtained as a result of their acts of copyright infringement.” Additionally, the publishing company wants an injunction preventing the defendants from creating, promoting, or selling “any materials that are substantially similar to the copyrighted work.”