Lee Hyori, a Korean pop-star was accused of plagiarism by Britney Spears' creative team a few years ago for her song, "Get Ya" which was deemed to have plagiarized the beat of Spears' song as well as the intonation of Spears' chorus. Hyori says "I'm gonna get ya" with the same inflection as Spears' line "Why don't you do something". Below is a link to a mix of the two songs together. Hyori's people immediately pulled the song from promotion once Spears went after them which didn't help them culpability. However looking back on our course dicussions about the difference between copyright and plagiarism, when you listen to the song it's pretty clear that Hyori says the line in a way that is very evocative of Spears' delivery but even still I don't consider that infringement. You can't copyright a way of speaking. This is more a matter of ethics than legality if you ask me. Anyway, enjoy the video!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3QvbKoQ-bk
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