Musicology

This could get interesting. In fact, I think it might be the first of its kind. Give me a little rope. In a recently filed lawsuit, the estate of Barry White claims that “Everlasting Bass,” released in 1986, infringes Barry White’s 1973 song “I’m Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby.” Awwww yeeah, Baby. …

We don’t often see cases like this. “Flowers” and “When I Was Your Man” were both number-one hits and Grammy winners. “Flowers” was Record of the Year! Two super well-known songs, and nobody is completely shocked at this filing. (Which, by the way, is not Bruno Mars but Tempo Music Investments, LLC, which according to …

(Getting a lot of use lately out of this artificial intelligence-generated “Scale of Music Copyright Justice” image we prompted, aren’t we?) After nearly four years, Trump finally lost the Eddy Grant “Electric Avenue” case, as we said he would. That case now moves to its damages phase. And we might take a somewhat wild guess …

Most of the time, these things have no teeth. Trump is divisive and mostly offensive to Rock and Pop stars, so when he uses their music, they don’t like it. There’s usually nothing to be done about it in response. Sometimes there is. This time there definitely is, because this one is different. Campaign rallies …

Let’s just try to make it “as simple as possible, but not simpler,” as Einstein is sometimes credited with saying. The matter of copyright infringement and political campaigns is a little bit complicated, but you sure wouldn’t know it from reading social media! Folks are plenty confident they have this figured out. “Good for Celine Dion! Clobber that …

Mr. 305 had a hit with “I Feel Good” a few years ago and y’know what, “a few years” happens to be the duration we associate with the statute of limitations for the most part. So, if you were the plaintiff, All Surface Publishing, it was time to get a move on. All Surface says …

I’ve only got a few minutes for this rush to judgment. Three should be plenty. Start the clock. I used to love lame-ass jazz funk-pop. A track like Shakatak’s “Easier Said Than Done” would’ve been in heavy rotation on my car stereo with the Jensens in the back, Blaupunkts in the doors, zillion-band equalizer. I …

I’ve got a couple podcast or radio interviews today and tomorrow because of this BBC article about K-pop bands using AI to create music videos and possibly (ooh scary) some of their “music.” The K-pop band, Seventeen, has their fans in a tizzy. (They’re all twenty-five and up, by the way, though, in fairness, they’ve …

Producers Joshua Fraustro and Miguel Aguilar, who go by Kemika1956, are suing Cardi B because in their estimation her 2024 Top 10 hit, “Enough (Miami)” song, sounds like their “Greasy Frybread,” which was placed in the FX series, Reservation Dogs. They’re suing Cardi, along with “Enough” producers James D. Steed (DJ Swanqo) and Joshua Parker (OG Parker) and they’re even claiming …

I happened upon this copyright infringement accusation today and thought, “It’s a lovely day, I’m in a great mood (oddly enough). Sure, I’ll check it out. Glad I did. It turns out the allegedly infringing song has been number one on Ghana’s Apple Music chart for weeks. It’s huge. It has millions of views across …