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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Plagiarism
Random music news for Wednesday, January 22, 2020
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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Must read: Copyright lawsuits are killing music
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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We need to talk about all these crazy song copyright lawsuits
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
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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Are you following the Led Zeppelin “Stairway to Heaven” plagiarism trial? Then you’ll want to see this.
Five years on, the estate of Randy California of the band Spirit is still trying to prove that Jimmy Page
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This is worrisome: Drake has been sued for copying a beat.
There are a several things in music that cannot be copyrighted because they form the basic building blocks of songs.
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Next up in the musical plagiarism wars: An infringement charge against “Baby Shark”
Who wrote the melody to “Baby Shark?” No one knows–although it’s thought to have originated as a campfire song for
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The US Government comes to the aid of Led Zeppelin in the “Stairway to Heaven” case
If you’ve been following along, you’ll know that the estate of Randy California, the late leader of a band called
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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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Here’s another example of how stupid and f*cked up the plagiarism judgment against Katy Perry really is
If you’ve been following legal news coming from the music industry, you’ll know the biggest story of the summer has
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