Israeli authors of the award-winning song under the threat of plagiarism – IMEMC News

Israel's victory at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 has been threatened with an alleged plagiarism lawsuit on the pretext that it is very similar to the song "Seven Nation Army" 2003 of the American group The White Stripes. [19659002] My year reports that, according to an Israeli media outlet, Doron Medalie and Stav Beger, the co-authors of Netta Barzilai's Eurovision Song Contest, entitled "Toy", recently received a letter Notification Universal Music Group sent the notice to both authors, stating that about two weeks ago, there was a copyright infringement, because of the noticeable similarities between the song "Toy" and "Seyne Nation Army".

In the opinion, Universal Music Group 's attorneys have stated that the copyright infringement is based on similarities in rhythm and harmony.

Several music critics have already spoken of the similarities between the two songs, especially with respect to the bbad lines.

In March 2018, writer Haaretz Ben Shalev wrote on the song "Toy" and mentioned that "music closely resembles the nation's popular Seven Army song by The White Stripes.

Barzilai, the winning singer of Eurovision, has not yet commented on the issue

On the basis of the official rules of the Eurovision Song Contest, the winning song must be original; the song is not allowed to be a cover version, or to sample the work of another artist, must not have been previously marketed and must be completely original when it 's acts of writing and instrumentation.

Universal Music Group officials that even if both parties reach a common ground, which would divide the rights of author of the song, the European Broadcasting Union could qualify the song as original and, therefore, ineligible for competing in the competition.

In this case, the plagiarism claim is proven in court, the song of Barzilai could lose its eligibility, stripping Israel of its rights to host the concert in 2019.