Random music news for Saturday, September 28, 2024
A Gordon Ramsey AI cooking series? Yes. Moving to music news for September 28, 2024. More music news? Look here. BONUS: GPS before GPS. (Via Christopher) BONUS BONUS: Mimes. Bloody
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This Miley Cyrus copyright infringement suit is…wow.
Last year, Miley Cyrus had a massive hit with the song “Flowers.” It’s been streamed more than 2.2 billion times and the view is approaching one billion views on YouTube.
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When a new song sounds similar to an old one, is it stealing? Let’s investigate
I’m constantly getting emails from people that read something like this: “Hey, don’t you think [song title by artist] sounds just like [song title by artist]. What a rip-off!” In
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A weird (and potentially dangerous) plagiarism lawsuit is moving to the next stage.
This is very, very concerning. Back in 1989, Jamaican duo Steely & Clevie released a single entitled “Fish Market.” It appeared as a B-side of a 7-inch single released on
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Ongoing History Daily: Plagiarising video game music
Rock has been around for at least seventy years which means that with each passing day, it’s getting harder and harder to find an original way to order the twelve
Read MoreOngoing History Daily: Radiohead’s plagiastic gaffe
Some of the guys in Radiohead have hated their song “Creep” since they recorded it in 1992. Yes, it was the band’s breakthrough single, but they don’t like playing it—and
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This music copyright lawsuit over “dembow” really needs to be thrown out. Now.
Back in 1989, Jamaican duo Steely & Clevie released a single entitled “Fish Market.” It appeared as a B-side of a 7-inch single released on their own Kingston-based indie label
Read MoreRandom music news for Friday, June 2, 2023
This is fun: An actual Monty Python-like stand-up joke written in medieval times. No mention of hamsters or smelling like elderberries. (Via Larry) Here’s what I have for music news
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Ed Sheeran WINS the copyright infringement suit brought against him by the estate of Marvin Gaye.
Good. Justice has been served. In case you weren’t aware, part of the same party who successful sued Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams over “Blurred Lines” sounding too much like
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Meanwhile in Florida, the Killer Clown Case is over after 33 years. Digest that and then move on to music news for April 28, 2023. More music news? Look here.
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Marvin Gaye’s estate is suing Ed Sheeran. Listen and you be the judge.
Back in 2018, the estate of Marvin Gaye successfully sued Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams over “Blurred Lines” because a jury agreed that the song sounded–or rather, felt–too much like
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