It's All About You (album)
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"Juda"
The song "Juda," released on this album, was written by Rebecca F. and copyrighted in 1999.Rebecca F., born Rebecca Francescatti, filed a lawsuit in 2011 known as Francescatti v. Germanotta et al in Illinois Northern District Court's Chicago Office. The filing brief reads: "Lady Gaga
Lady GaGa
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta , better known by her stage name Lady Gaga, is an American singer and songwriter. Born and raised in New York City, she primarily studied at the Convent of the Sacred Heart and briefly attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts before withdrawing to...
, her music labels, and one of the musicians who allegedly wrote 17 of Gaga's songs for her 'Born This Way' album are sued for copyright infringement, accused by Chicago composer and performing artist Rebecca Francescatti of using her 1999 copyright-protected work 'Juda' in Gaga's Judas
Judas (song)
"Judas" is a song by American recording artist Lady Gaga, taken from her second studio album Born This Way . The song was released worldwide on April 15, 2011, four days ahead of its scheduled release, by Interscope Records. Written and produced by Lady Gaga and RedOne, "Judas" is a dance song that...
, purportedly via defendant Gaynor."
While the styles are different, "the composition is the same and the chorus is the same melody" according to Chris Niro, lawyer for the plaintiff.
Brian Gaynor was the recording engineer for Rebecca F.'s "It's All About You" and played bass on the album.
DJ White Shadow LLC, the songwriting company Gaynor works for, wrote 17 of the songs on the Lady Gaga album "Born This Way
Born This Way
Born This Way is the second studio album by American recording artist Lady Gaga that was released on May 23, 2011, by Interscope Records. The album is a follow-up to her internationally-successful albums The Fame and The Fame Monster...
". Gaynor is credited as "bass, keyboards, drum editing" on the album.