One Direction sued. “Night Changes” and “Story of My Life” involved.

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Written by Brian McBrearty

September 29, 2016

It’s been reported that the soon to be reuniting “One Direction” has been hit with a lawsuit and their tracks “Night Changes” and “Story of My Life” are named in the complaint. Unfortunately, more details are hard to get. The suit was filed in Ireland and is not public yet.

As soon as more is known about the plaintiff and their allegedly infringed upon tracks, I will get right to the task of analyzing whether One Direction stole one or both of these big hit songs.

Brian McBrearty

Brian McBrearty is a forensic musicologist and music copyright expert witness. He provides clearance opinions, expert reports, and expert witness testimony in music copyright matters. His analysis has been cited in the Pepperdine Law Review, on NPR's All Things Considered, and by Reuters, BBC, and Courthouse News. He is the founder of Musicologize.