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Pitbull and Ke$ha in multi-million dollar Timber lawsuit over 'identical' harmonica riff from the 70s

A copyright infringement battle of Coldplay vs Joe Satriani proportions is brewing over Pitbull and Ke$ha's dancefloor-obliterating hit Timber, which features a harmonica melody which Lee Oskar claims is "identical" in sound to that of his 1978 song San Francisco Bay.

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15:51 on June 25 2014

Pitbull and Ke$ha in multi-million dollar Timber lawsuit over 'identical' harmonica riff from the 70s

The Independent — A copyright infringement battle of Coldplay vs Joe Satriani proportions is brewing over Pitbull and Ke$ha's dancefloor-obliterating hit Timber, which features a harmonic... more info