Personally, I do not believe that Avril Lavigne has plagiarized because does it not say that you are allowed to take 30 seconds or 10% which ever is less? She did not take neither 30 seconds or 10%, however, I can definitely see why some say she took the 'heart and soul' out of the other song done by the Rubinoos. I, myself have never heard of the song 'I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend' by the Rubinoos, but i can not say the same for other people. The main phrase that the majority of people know from Avril's song 'Girlfriend' is “hey hey you you, I don't like your girlfriend” which is the part that people say take the heart and soul out of the song 'I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend', by the Rubinoos, which is “hey hey you you, I wanna be your boyfriend”
Also, it states that whatever you take that is less than 30 seconds or 10%, you can not make anymore money than the original owner did, and Avril did make more money especially on that one main phrase which most people know, that also brought people to buy the C.D. Though the Ramones have a similar song to the Rubinoos, why would they not go after them for 'plagiarizing'? Why wouldn't they go after the Rolling Stones for their remake of the song? Both sound fairly similar, but why go after just Avril Lavigne? Is it because she got the most money out of the portion of the song that was taken, so they thought they would get more than the other two?
Finally, how would anyone really know for sure, if Avril has even ever heard of the Rubinoos song? I mean, the song came out way before she was around. Maybe she never heard it, but who really knows? Unless someone actually went up to her and asked her. What if it was just a coincidence? Then there would have been absolutely no point in going after her if she did nothing, right?
Click the lin below to watch her video 'Girlfriend'.
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