Random music news for Friday, April 2, 2021
I’m not surprised at this. I already know people who are poisonous. As for music news for April 2, 2021…
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Plagiarism
Ongoing History Daily: The sad Men at Work plagiarism case
One of the big hits of the early 80s was Men at Work’s “Down Under.” What most people don’t know
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A sad story of plagiarism regarding a big Australia hit.
[Readers of these pages know that I often cover stories about accusations of plagiarism when it comes to songwriting. Troy
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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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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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Random music news for Friday, January 1, 2021
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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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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Sanity prevails: US Supreme Court refuses to hear “Stairway to Heaven” plagiarism case
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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The “Stairway to Heaven” plagiarism case could reach the US Supreme Court. This is not good for music.
Sorry for the legal talk, but I feel the need to address things because I get so many emails about
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Random music news for Thursday, June 11, 2020
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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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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