Avril Lavigne loves plagiarism, The Rentals, and other songwriting news
By Don • Jul 5th, 2007 • Category: Songwriting News
The Los Angeles Times talks with Matt Sharp of the Rentals:
“I know some people think the Internet means the death of the song cycle, and that people only write for very short attention spans,” Sharp says. “But at this point we’ll continue to write for a longer thought process.”
The Smashing Pumpkins finish off their nine-night run in Asheville, NC. Check out the local Gannet Corps local blog documenting the entire run at Smasheville.com
According to Billboard magazine, Avril Lavigne is being sued for plagiarism, this just after recently being outed for a similar offense by a previous co-writer at Performing Songwriter magazine. Is it really as simple as this:
“Avril has insurance that covers off these sort of suits that are so prevalent in this business.”
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