In "Surprise Hit Was a Shock for Artists Heard on It" Javier Gomez and Jayson Musson were excited when they received a call from Hector Delgado, telling them their voices could be heard on "Harlem shake". The "Harlem Shake" is " a song that had gone viral on the Internet and then climbed to the top of the pop chart." as stated in the article. For past three weeks people all over the world have been creating videos of themselves and friends, doing the Harlem shake.

The article includes quotes and facts from the president and chief executive of the National Music Publishers Association, and Hector Delgado himself. One fact that stood out to me was "The label initially offered "Harlem Shake" as a free download....." This quote shows how popular the "Harlem Shake became. There is now a Harlem Shake app available on androids and iPhones, for people to create and post on the Internet. Another quote that stood out to me was "Hector will get what he deserves," he said. "We can turn around and stop that song. That's a clear breaking of intellectual property rights." This quote shows that Mr.Gomez used someone else's song and mad it a hit and didn't give them any type of credit for it. This is also called plagiarism. He stole some body's idea without them knowing giving them credit for their work.


I think that stealing someone's creation and making it a big hit is not a bad thing. The person who started it clearly do such a great job with it, so someone else took it and made the song make it on the billboard. I don't there is anything that Mr.Gomez should regret because he just made a boring song become popular all over the world for people to enjoy with.