Micheal Bolton vs. the Isley Brothers

Before we went over the laws of copyright infringement, I had no clue what was legal and what was illegal. Now that I have learned all the laws, I will be sure to cite all my sources and to not take anyone elses work. I thought it was only a song put into a video on youtube, but it's more. When you take someone else's work then your stealing from them. I will be sure to properly use someone else's work.

In the case of  Micheal Bolton vs. the Isley Brothers copyright infringement, they shared the same song and had the same lyrics.  Micheal Bolton was of course way more popular than the Isley Brothers. With Micheal being so popular, it didn't matter because he stole someone elses work. The Isley Brothers wrote the song "Love is a wonderful thing" in 1966 and in 1991 Micheal "created" the same song with the exact same lyrics. Of course the case was taken to court.The Isley Brothers won the case and walked away with 5.4 million dollars. This couldn't  have gone unseen, Micheal was in the wrong to just competely steal someone elses song. Micheal broke the law by taking someone elses work without their permission and selling it as thier own. Micheal was making thousands off someone elses hard work. It doesn't matter who is popular and who is not. Micheals punishment was only faced with civil penalities. I think Micheal got off "easy" he should of had to pay more or have gone to jail. Just because he's famous doens't make him "special" and able to get out of sticky situations so easily.