Guy and Howard Lawrence respond to accusations by songwriter Katie Farrah Sopher, who claims that Disclosure and guest vocalists Sam Smith, Eliza Doolittle and AlunaGeorge used words from a stolen songbook
Earlier this week, Disclosure and their collaborators were accused by songwriter Katie Farrah Sopher of using stolen lyrics in a number of their tracks. The electronic duo, brothers Guy and Howard Lawrence, have responded, asserting that the allegations are “completely false”.
Sopher alleged that in 2009, her ex-boyfriend Sean Sawyers stole her songbook and sold its lyrics to music-industry contacts. She claims that Disclosure’s White Noise, Latch and You & Me feature words taken from her personal songbook, and is asking for £200,000 in damages for the tracks, according to legal documents obtained by the Mail on Sunday.
Firstly we want to make it very clear that every Disclosure song we have put our names to has been written by us. We sometimes write lyrics and melodies alongside whoever the featured singer may be (i.e. Sam, Eliza etc) and the great Mr. Jimmy Napes, but that is it. When we do, we always make sure everyone gets proper credit. We take great pride in our self-sufficiency, our work and the way we work, and it’s incredibly frustrating when someone tries to take that away from us, by claiming we stole even one word or one note of our music from anyone.
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