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Music Copyright Expert Witness & Forensic Musicologist - Brian McBrearty – Infringement & Plagiarism Analysis
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Music Copyright Expert Witness & Forensic Musicologist - Brian McBrearty – Infringement & Plagiarism Analysis
Did Taylor Swift Rip Off Pixies? An explainer.
Did Taylor Swift Rip Off Pixies? An explainer.
Musicology
The similarity was observed quickly enough: “There’s a Pixies vibe in ‘Actually Romantic’, with a riff reminiscent of ‘Where...
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Holy Smoke: The Resurrection of a non-case — Ambrosetti v. OCP
Holy Smoke: The Resurrection of a non-case — Ambrosetti v. OCP
Musicology
The recently revived Ambrosetti v. Oregon Catholic Press lawsuit was first filed in 2016. Can these things drag on...
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Police sue Sting, but betcha he’ll continue to own “Every Breath You Take.”
Police sue Sting, but betcha he’ll continue to own “Every Breath You Take.”
Musicology
We love stories about bands that don’t get along the way we idealistically expect they should. Aaaaand we also...
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SCOTUS ends “Let’s Get It On”-vs-“Thinking Out Loud” — For Good?
SCOTUS ends “Let’s Get It On”-vs-“Thinking Out Loud” — For Good?
Musicology
Yeah. That’ll do it.Today’s cert-denial finishes “SAS I” and almost certainly finishes the other Structured Asset Sales case you...
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Ninth circuit would like to be part of the problem.
Ninth circuit would like to be part of the problem.
Musicology
Or maybe it’s my problem. After the judge in Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” infringement...
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Looking at an amicus brief in Thomson Reuters v. Ross Intelligence.
Looking at an amicus brief in Thomson Reuters v. Ross Intelligence.
Musicology
I’ve been paying attention to this case while waiting for significant shoes to drop in a bunch of others....
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All Mariah wants is around $200k from Vince, who sued her and lost. But whom to sanction with blame to go around?
All Mariah wants is around $200k from Vince, who sued her and lost. But whom to sanction with blame to go around?
Musicology
Vince Vance was wrong to sue Mariah Carey. So, why am I sympathizing now? Last week, a judge dismissed...
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BBC World News, NPR, Musicologize discussing Dua Lipa “Levitating.”
BBC World News, NPR, Musicologize discussing Dua Lipa “Levitating.”
Musicology
Delighted to be on with the BBC to discuss, fortunately, not one of the more nuanced cases out there....
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