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David Cole (June 3, 1962 - January 24, 1995) was an American songwriter and record producer, and was one half of the dance-music duo C+C Music Factory, which he founded with musical partner Robert Clivillés.. Cole and Robert Clivillés recorded and released a song called "Get Dumb (Free Your Body)" where they sampled parts of a 1983 song "The Music Got Me" without permission. Author of "The Music Got Me", Boyd Jarvis, sued Clivillés and Cole in 1990 for copyright infringement and demanded $15 million in royalties.. Four years later, Kevin McCord filed the copyright infringement lawsuit against Mariah Carey, Cole, Clivillés, and Columbia Records because, according to McCord, they took parts of his song called "I Want to Thank You" and make "Make It Happen" out of it without permission. Although the allegations were confirmed false, McCord eventually accepted a settlement offer of about US$500,000....
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