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While specific recording dates are now known, basic tracking took place in December 1995, at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota, based on [[Tommy Barbarella]]'s home studio recording (which had no musical input by [[Prince]]). Although [[Prince]] had changed his name to [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] two and a half years previously, the song used the name [[Prince]] in its credits, perhaps because the rest of the album contained songs by "[[Prince]]". The track samples [[Raspberry Beret]]'s counted lead-in and [[Housequake]]'s phrase "Shut up, already! Damn!" It also contains various spoken samples from the [[Film: Girl 6|Girl 6]] movie, featuring actress [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theresa_Randle Theresa Randle] as "Girl 6". | While specific recording dates are now known, basic tracking took place in December 1995, at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota, based on [[Tommy Barbarella]]'s home studio recording (which had no musical input by [[Prince]]). Although [[Prince]] had changed his name to [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] two and a half years previously, the song used the name [[Prince]] in its credits, perhaps because the rest of the album contained songs by "[[Prince]]". The track samples [[Raspberry Beret]]'s counted lead-in and [[Housequake]]'s phrase "Shut up, already! Damn!" It also contains various spoken samples from the [[Film: Girl 6|Girl 6]] movie, featuring actress [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theresa_Randle Theresa Randle] as "Girl 6". | ||
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+ | In November 2007, James Brandon, manager of a band named GOMAB, filed a lawsuit against [[Prince]] for copyright infringement. Brandon states that '''Girl 6''' plagiarized a GOMAB track called ''Phone-Sex'' recorded in 1993. Brandon claims he gave a demo-tape which contained the song to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike_Lee Spike Lee]'s uncle, Clarence Lee, during a meeting in 1994 to promote his group and asked him to forward it to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike_Lee Lee] (who is also sued). [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/40_Acres_and_a_Mule_Filmworks 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks Inc.], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_Century_Studios Twentieth Century Fox Corporation], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros. Warner Brothers] and various media outlets were also included in the complaint filed from Barbados (where Brandon lived at that time) for the exploitation and distribution of the soundtrack and the use of the song in the movie. Brandon brought the action in the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida for copyright infringement in 2015, adding [[Tommy Barbarella]] (co-author of the song) to the long list of defendants. The case was still not settled before [[Prince]]'s passing and the action was brought in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in April 2020. The case is still pending at the time of writing. | ||
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* [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]] | * [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]] | ||
|references = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]] '' | |references = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]] '' | ||
+ | *[https://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/12/prweb565415.htm '''Prince and Spike Lee Reaping From Another's Sweat: Barbados Attorney Files Lawsuit with Supreme Court and Goes After Corporate Giants In Copyright Scandal''' by ''Ernest W. Jackman'', LLB, Bardabos (PRWEB: 6 december, 2007)] | ||
+ | *[https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/phone-sex-song.pdf '''United States District Court Southern District Of New York Case 1:19-cv-01923-GHW Document 159''' (Memorandum) Filed 04/30/20] | ||
|categories = [[Category:1996]][[Category:Released Songs (New Power Generation)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (New Power Generation)]][[Category:Recorded 1995]] | |categories = [[Category:1996]][[Category:Released Songs (New Power Generation)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (New Power Generation)]][[Category:Recorded 1995]] | ||
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