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The Biebs and the country pop duo are being sued for copyright infringement by the folks who say they own the rights to an old song they say was ripped off for ...

According to the suit, "10,000 Hours" has nearly 2 billion streams across the globe ... and the 'First Time' folks are going after Justin and Dan + Shay for money, credit and an injunction preventing further distribution of "10,000 Hours." Justin Bieber and Dan + Shay are in the legal crosshairs of a group who says their smash hit "10,000 Hours" straight up jacked another artist's work ... and now, a lawsuit has been filed. Justin Bieber and Dan + Shay Sued 10,000 Hours Ripped Off Our Song!!!

Justin Bieber and Dan + Shay are facing a new copyright lawsuit claiming they copied large parts of their Grammy-winning hit "10000 Hours."

The new case ‘10,000 Hours’ is one of several major song-theft copyright lawsuits filed over first few months of 2022. Without direct evidence of copying, that question (known as “access”) is a key legal requirement for any copyright lawsuit. Or, alternatively, they argued that the song was distributed on all major streaming and download platforms, meaning it was widely available enough that it’s likely Bieber or Dan + Shay heard it. “Such a lengthy expression of largely identical musical composition is nothing less than strikingly similar.” Released in October 2019, “10,000 Hours” debuted at No. 4 on the Hot 100 and spent two weeks atop the Country Airplay chart. “The similarities are so striking that ‘10,000 Hours’ simply cannot have been independently created.”

Lawsuit alleges the artists stole a key portion of their hit collab from a song written in 1973.

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. In the documents, they claim that it’s unmistakable how similar the two songs are. It debuted at Number 1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay when it was first released, later winning the trio a Grammy for Best Country Duo/Group Performance in 2021.

Dan + Shay and Justin Bieber are being sued for copyright infringement over their massive hit "10000 Hours."

The song has been certified 4x Platinum by the RIAA for sales and streams equivalent of four million. The single has surpassed two billion streams worldwide. “First Time” was originally written by Palmer Rakes and Frank Fioravanti in 1973, but wasn’t released until 2014, five years before the country pop crossover hit was issued via Warner Music Nashville. The copyright holders are seeking royalties, credit and injunction to prevent further distribution of “10,000 Hours” by Dan Smyers, Shay Mooney and Bieber.

Justin Bieber and Dan + Shay are being sued for copyright infringement around their 2019 song “10,000 Hours.” The lawsuit, obtained by TMZ, claims the trio ...

On Thursday, International Manufacturing Concepts, Melomega music and Sound Gems sued Justin Bieber and Dan + Shay and others over their song "10000 Hours," ...

Bieber and Baldwin share a kiss while lounging in a bed of flowers as both are color coordinated in white. "Our royalties were frozen and we were given two options and we chose the option that was integral to us." You can't settle," he said.

Justin Bieber is facing claims in Los Angeles federal court that his 2019 song 10000 Hours infringed the copyright of The First Time Baby Is A Holiday, ...

The complaint said that 90% of a core 47-note sequence is identical in both songs, and 72% of notes of the pitch sequence in the main verse are the same. Melomega Music, which owns the copyright to First Time Baby, alleged that the melodies and chorus of both songs are “practically identical.” Justin Bieber is facing claims in Los Angeles federal court that his 2019 song 10,000 Hours infringed the copyright of The First Time Baby Is A Holiday, a song first written and recorded in 1980 but released in 2014.

Justin Bieber and Dan + Shay have a copyright lawsuit filed against them for their song "10000 Hours". A company named Melomega is claiming a "core portion" ...

Adding that since the song is on major platforms, there is a chance they heard it. “The similarities are so striking that ‘10,000 Hours’ simply cannot have been independently created.” A company named Melomega is claiming a “core portion” of the award-winning country song has been taken from their 1980’s song “The First Time Baby Is A Holiday”.

It was recently revealed that the popular song named 10000 Hours by Justin Bieber and Dan & Shay was hit with a copyright lawsuit by a company called ...

10,000 Hours’ is not just substantially similar to ‘First Time’; defendants copied, in minute detail, the most important, core portion of plaintiff’s song, which includes the chorus, verse and hook. Further, it was also claimed that the defendants copied the core portion of Plaintiff's song which included the chorus, verse and hook. Get the latest entertainment news from India & around the world.

LOS ANGELES (CN) — Country music duo Dan + Shay and Canadian pop star Justin Bieber face a lawsuit accusing them of ripping off a 1980 soul ballad for their ...

“This identical similarity can’t be overstated,” Melomega says in its complaint. The copyright owners of “The First Time Baby” may hope to fare better. “One need only listen to ‘First Time’ and the infringing ‘10,000 Hours’ to discern the unmistakable similarities between the songs,” the company says in its complaint.