Musical plagiarism is nothing new. Check out this short film from 1943.
I’ve been following all the lawsuits alleging copyright infringement, song theft, and musical plagiarism for years now. Most of the
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Copyright Infringement
The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 906: Unfortunate sonic coincidences: The lawsuits.
Okay, let’s go over this one more time. There are just twelve notes in the Western scale. The ways they
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Katy Perry’s “Dark Horse” lawsuit gets kicked up a notch
If you’ve been following all the nonsensical copyright infringement/plagiarism lawsuits in the music industry (cf. “Blurred Lines,” “Stairway to Heaven,”
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Led Zeppelin has won in the “Stairway to Heaven” copyright lawsuit. Again.
Yes, this stupid, futile lawsuit has been ongoing this entire time. To recap, the estate of Randy California (he of
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I’ll say it again: It’s open season on hit songwriters
Ever since the plaintiffs in the Marvin Gaye’s “Got to Give It Up” successfully argued that Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines”
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The Katy Perry plagiarism verdict means it’s open season on ALL songwriters and musicians.
[This was my weekend column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] Given what we’ve had to work with here in the West,
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Dirty Dancing: Lawsuits loom over virtual reproductions
If you grew up in the ‘90s or have trouble sleeping, you’re familiar with “The Carlton Dance,” a slightly awkward
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A US court says reselling MP3s is illegal
Physical music collections–privately-acquired libraries of vinyl, CDs, or tape–are bought and sold all the time. But what about libraries of
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Has every song already been written? Maybe.
Not a week goes by without an email that goes something like this: “Don’t you think that [insert name of
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Can you find merit in this copyright infringement lawsuit involving these two songs? And are we running out of melodies? Maybe.
Back in May, Israel’s Netta Barzilai won the 2018 Eurovision contest with this song. According to a source in the UK,
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Guy writes song. Someone steals song. YouTube accuses guy of copyright infringement.
The gall of it all, huh? YouTube wasn’t much help, either.
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