I am not and will never allow myself to be a piggy bank for someone to shake. "I’m just a guy with a guitar who loves writing music for people to enjoy. It’s devastating to be accused of stealing someone else’s song when we’ve put so much work into our livelihoods. Like artists everywhere, Amy and I work hard to independently create songs, which are often based around real-life, personal experience. "We need to be able to write our original music and engage in independent creation without worrying at every step of the way that such creativity will be wrongly called into question. If the jury had decided this matter the other way, we might as well say goodbye to the creative freedom of songwriters. By stopping this practice, we can also properly support genuine music copyright claims so legitimate claims are rightly heard and resolved. This seems so dangerous to me: both potential claimants who may be convinced to bring a bogus claim as well as those songwriters facing them. "I’m very grateful that the jury saw through those attempts. In this instance, the other side’s musicologist left out words and notes presented different and simple pictures as melodies and by doing so, created what I think we proved for all to see were misleading comparisons and disinformation to find supposed similarities where none exist, and I think we proved for all to see that they tried to manipulate my and Amy’s song to try and convince the jury that they had a genuine claim. Unfortunately, unfounded claims like this are being fuelled by individuals who are offered as music experts in musical analysis. No one owns them or the way they’re played in the same way no one owns the colour blue. "They are in a songwriter’s alphabet, our toolkit, and should be there for all of us to use. These chords are common building blocks, which were used to create music long before ‘Let’s Get It On’ was written and will be used to make music long after we are all gone. "We’ve spent the last eight years talking about two songs with dramatically different lyrics, melodies and four chords, which are also different and are used by songwriters every day, all over the world. At the same time, I’m unbelievably frustrated that baseless claims like this are allowed to go to court at all. It looks like I’m not having to retire from my day job after all. And our ambition is to do that in every currency and country in the world."I'm obviously very happy with the outcome of the case. RoosterMoney’s mission is to take children from their first steps in understanding the value of money to their first bank account. Using a piggy bank will help your family have positive conversations about the value of money and develop habits that stick with them for life. Pocket money helps children learn the value of money, the opportunity cost (if they get one thing it will be at the expense of another) and that you need to save some of what you earn. However much you give can help get your kids into good money habits early on. We don’t believe that pocket money has to cost you a lot. Parents remain in charge of the money, so you don’t have to make deposits and can hand over the money when your kids want to get something with their money. Everyone knows what’s what and can check their balance and goals, so your kids can make decisions about whether they really want to get something. No more money lost behind the sofa or inside the dog, our app lets you keep track and carry it with you on your phone, whether you are on the school run, at the shops or on holiday. Whether you are looking to keep track of money given to your kids as an allowance, or know how much has been awarded for jobs around the house, we transform the way families manage money by making it easy for parents and fun for kids. RoosterMoney acts as an online piggy bank so everyone knows what’s what. RoosterMoney is an online piggy bank designed to help families keep track of pocket money, give rewards and manage an allowance for kids.
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