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It would appear that in April, Ed Sheeran is going to be in court defending “Thinking Out Loud” against a claim that it infringes on Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On.” This…

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The internet is right once in a while, and observers on the internet were right when they noticed that Toshifumi Hinata’s “Reflections” is sampled in Trefuego’s 90Mh. (Well, Trefuego’s for the time…

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After sixty years of being the World’s Greatest Rock And Roll Band, The Rolling Stones hadn’t released a song in many years. But they were inspired to write about the pandemic lockdowns,…

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Ed Sheeran’s “Thinking Out Loud” vs Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On” is too important to get wrong.

Ed Sheeran is being sued because “Thinking Out Loud” sounds…

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Should it have? Probably not. But neither should any of the nominated songs. It’s no great disaster. The music industry is, in the view of some at least, and there’s perhaps something…

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The legality is questionable. The morality is also questionable.

I’m low-key rooting for this to turn into something. The music business and the law are both somewhat inadequately prepared for a case like this, and…

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Perhaps you’ve heard that you can’t copyright a groove. (Copyright isn’t really a verb, but everyone understands what you mean when you use it as one.) And on the heals of “you…

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Forensic Musicologist, Brian McBrearty

And what makes someone well-suited to do it?

Most people hear about forensic musicologists when they’re reading a news story about a famous musician being sued for stealing another…

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First Blush Prima Facie Hot Take: It’s a whole lot the same alright, but it might not be a sample, and it might not be copyright infringement. We’ll explain. Won’t take long: