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Ongoing History of New Music 

The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 906: Unfortunate sonic coincidences: The lawsuits.

January 15, 2021January 14, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Copyright Infringement, Lawsuits, Ongoing History, Plagiarism

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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Music News 

Random music news for Friday, January 1, 2021

January 1, 2021January 2, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Ambient Music, Audiophiles, Christmas songs, Eve 6, George Harrison, Oasis, Optical Illusions, Paul McCartney, Plagiarism, Spinal Tap, Spotify, Ticketmaster, TikTok

It’s over. The next couple of months will be rough, but things WILL get better this year. Meanwhile, distract yourself

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Music Industry 

Katy Perry’s “Dark Horse” lawsuit gets kicked up a notch

October 15, 2020October 15, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Copyright Infringement, Katy Perry, Marcus Gray, Plagiarism

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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Music Industry 

Sanity prevails: US Supreme Court refuses to hear “Stairway to Heaven” plagiarism case

October 5, 2020October 5, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Led Zeppelin, Plagiarism, Spirit

It’s the plagiarism case that will not go away (it’s been with us since 2014). The estate of Randy California,

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Music Industry Music News 

The “Stairway to Heaven” plagiarism case could reach the US Supreme Court. This is not good for music.

August 13, 2020August 13, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Copyright, Led Zeppelin, Plagiarism, Spirit, Stairway to Heaven, Taurus

Sorry for the legal talk, but I feel the need to address things because I get so many emails about

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Music News 

Random music news for Thursday, June 11, 2020

June 11, 2020June 11, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Classical Music, Coachella, COVID-19, GWAR, Lizzo, Music Industry, Music Venues, Noel Gallagher, Plagiarism, Protest Songs, Travis Scott, Urban

Before we begin, here’s some kind of supercut for Star Trek: TNG fans. Now that’s out of the way, here’s

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Music News 

Led Zeppelin has won in the “Stairway to Heaven” copyright lawsuit. Again.

March 10, 2020March 10, 2020 Alan Cross 1 Comment Copyright Infringement, Plagiarism, Spirit, Stairway to Heaven, Taurus

Yes, this stupid, futile lawsuit has been ongoing this entire time. To recap, the estate of Randy California (he of

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Music News 

Random music news for Wednesday, January 22, 2020

January 22, 2020January 21, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Chrome, Copyright, Grammys, hard rock, Meng, Metallica, Music sales, Ozzy, Plagiarism, Spotify, Ted Templeman, Van Halen

Look at it this way: Winter is now one-third over. Here’s music news for January 22, 2020. Weekly Canadian music

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Music Industry 

Must read: Copyright lawsuits are killing music

January 11, 2020January 10, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Copyright, Lawsuits, Plagiarism

I’ve always been fascinated by lawsuits that allege one artist infringed upon/plagiarized the work of another. Most such accusations used

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Music Industry 

We need to talk about all these crazy song copyright lawsuits

January 7, 2020January 6, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Copyright, Plagiarism

If it seems that more artists are getting sued over allegedly plagiarizing the work of others, you’re not wrong. There’s

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Random music news for Wednesday, October 9, 2019

October 9, 2019October 8, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments John Lennon, Larry Junstrom, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Michael Jackson, Olivia Newton-John, Plagiarism, Relax Melodies, Taylor Swift

Today would have been John Lennon’s 79th birthday. On to music news for October 9, 2019. A Hole reunion? It

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