The New York State Senate on Tuesday passed a law that would make it much more difficult to submit rap lyrics in criminal trials. The bill, believed to be the first of its
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Robin Thicke’s hit, “Blurred Lines” is back in the news again. When it was first released, critics decried the song’s lyrics as being more than a little rapey. And now with Emily Ratajkowski’s
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I should be in Thailand by now. If not, something has gone dreadfully wrong. But I still managed to compile some music news for November 12, 2018. Red Dead Redemption II made $725
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This probably won’t come as a big surprise, but a number of musicians have signed onto an amicus brief in support of Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams in the “Blurred Lines” case. More
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The ruling that the Robin Thicke/Pharrell Williams song “Blurred Lines” infringed the copyright of Marvin Gaye’s “Got to Give It Up” is still being discussed in back rooms of the music industry. Does
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When the verdict in the “Blurred Lines” vs. “Got to Give It Up” trial came down, I told everyone who would listen that this set a horrible precedent. Copyright infringement just because one
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On this day in 2003, Netscape died and was replaced by Mozilla. Sinead O’Connor thinks that music has died. She blames Kim Kardashian. What is the Class of 2015 listening to? In a
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Camping on the May long weekend? No thanks. Great news! Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson has been ruled cancer-free. Robin Thicke is mortified by what his father Alan had to say about sex. Yeah,
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Given that Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams have been punished for copying the feel of Marvin Gaye’s “Got to Give It Up,” here’s a list of all the people who owe the Bo
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This comes from Pitchfork: It seems to me that the real problem with “Blurred Lines” was not its plagiarism, but the lack of a legal structure for acknowledging that musical debt and repaying
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You thought it was over, did you? Hah! Pamela Chelin reports in The Wrap how this whole thing just keeps on getting weirder. Lawyers representing Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams and several other parties in
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