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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Plagiarism
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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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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