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Pt 1.", "url": "https://www.musicologize.com/stairway-upheld-and-dark-horse-overturned-happy-now-composers/", "published_at": "2020-03-24T19:38:21+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe1-bf41-72d7-aaa1-22b6855abc69", "title": "Dark Horse, overturned.", "url": "https://www.musicologize.com/dark-horse-overturned/", "published_at": "2020-03-17T23:56:21+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe1-bf41-72d7-aaa1-22b6855eb459", "title": "Big Bang Theory’s “Soft Kitty.”", "url": "https://www.musicologize.com/big-bang-theorys-warm-kitty/", "published_at": "2020-03-07T01:01:18+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe4-fc2e-71cd-9f2d-52eb488ba50b", "title": "Does Bad Decisions infringe on Dancing With Myself?", "url": "https://www.musicologize.com/does-bad-decisions-infringe-on-dancing-with-myself/", "published_at": "2020-03-04T22:54:29+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe4-fc2e-71cd-9f2d-52eb48fb9d28", "title": "Copyright infringement and the Climate Of Fear", "url": "https://www.musicologize.com/copyright-infringement-and-the-climate-of-fear/", "published_at": "2020-01-24T00:50:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe4-fc2e-71cd-9f2d-52eb49e11241", "title": "Walk It Talk It: Migos dodged a bullet.", "url": "https://www.musicologize.com/walk-it-talk-it-migos-dodged-a-bullet/", "published_at": "2019-11-19T21:44:55+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe4-fc2e-71cd-9f2d-52eb4abc36a5", "title": "What’s more important to an infringement case: Similarity or Access?", "url": "https://www.musicologize.com/whats-more-important-to-an-infringement-case-similarity-or-access/", "published_at": "2019-11-08T18:50:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe4-fc2e-71cd-9f2d-52eb4b92b87f", "title": "DId Lil Nas X and Cardi B steal “Rodeo?”", "url": "https://www.musicologize.com/three-minutes-on-why-lil-nas-x-and-cardi-b-didnt-steal-rodeo/", "published_at": "2019-10-07T17:45:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe4-fc2e-71cd-9f2d-52eb4baeb8f7", "title": "Zeppelin’s ‘Stairway’ case, What’s most likely next?", "url": "https://www.musicologize.com/zeppelins-stairway-case-whats-most-likely-next/", "published_at": "2019-09-27T05:08:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe4-fc2e-71cd-9f2d-52eb4c8e1b55", "title": "“Stairway”: what the Ninth Circuit will look at", "url": "https://www.musicologize.com/refresher-led-zeppelins-stairway-to-heaven-vs-spirits-taurus/", "published_at": "2019-09-11T23:55:29+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe4-fc2e-71cd-9f2d-52eb4d726314", "title": "The Intriguing Case of Baby Shark do do do do da do.", "url": "https://www.musicologize.com/the-intriguing-case-of-baby-shark-do-do-do-do-da-do/", "published_at": "2019-09-10T00:51:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe4-fc2e-71cd-9f2d-52eb4de65e05", "title": "The importance of the Kraftwerk case.", "url": "https://www.musicologize.com/the-importance-of-the-kraftwerk-case/", "published_at": "2019-08-27T20:21:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe4-fc2e-71cd-9f2d-52eb4eae9e09", "title": "Did Lady Gaga steal “Shallow?”", "url": "https://www.musicologize.com/did-lady-gaga-steal-shallow-hell-nah-says-a-musicologist/", "published_at": "2019-08-15T01:47:55+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe8-4d48-723d-8e65-0b1a304ef556", "title": "Katy Perry stole Dark Horse’s beat from a Christian rap song, says Jury.", "url": "https://www.musicologize.com/katy-perry-stole-dark-horse-beat-from-a-christian-rap-track-says-jury/", "published_at": "2019-07-30T05:04:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe8-4d48-723d-8e65-0b1a30ed3906", "title": "A dozen interesting things about the Lil Nas X “Carry On” situation.", "url": "https://www.musicologize.com/a-dozen-interesting-things-about-the-lil-nas-x-carry-on-situation/", "published_at": "2019-07-26T00:00:07+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe8-4d48-723d-8e65-0b1a31a49e94", "title": "Gimme 3 minutes to tell you why Dark Horse is not Joyful Noise.", "url": "https://www.musicologize.com/occams-razor-says-this-is-why-dark-horse-is-not-joyous-noise/", "published_at": "2019-07-23T23:11:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe8-4d48-723d-8e65-0b1a326ffb77", "title": "5 Seconds Of Summer stole Youngblood?", "url": "https://www.musicologize.com/5-seconds-of-summer-stole-youngblood/", "published_at": "2019-07-22T22:26:58+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe8-4d48-723d-8e65-0b1a329469e2", "title": "Ed Sheeran’s $100M lawsuit will wait for the “Stairway” decision.", "url": "https://www.musicologize.com/ed-sheerans-case-will-wait-for-the-stairway-decision/", "published_at": "2019-07-03T16:35:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe8-4d48-723d-8e65-0b1a33057e15", "title": "How many words/notes in a row before you stole that joke/melody?", "url": "https://www.musicologize.com/how-many-notes-in-a-row/", "published_at": "2019-06-24T23:15:18+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe8-4d48-723d-8e65-0b1a33a667c7", "title": "Did Carrie Underwood steal NBC Sunday Night Football theme, “Game On?”", "url": "https://www.musicologize.com/did-carrie-underwood-steal-nbc-sunday-night-football-theme-game-on/", "published_at": "2019-06-20T00:52:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe8-4d48-723d-8e65-0b1a340aba5f", "title": "Here’s what’s going to happen with Stairway and Taurus.", "url": "https://www.musicologize.com/heres-whats-going-to-happen-with-stairway-and-taurus/", "published_at": "2019-06-12T21:49:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe8-4d48-723d-8e65-0b1a34ff2850", "title": "Is Marshmello’s Happier a ripoff of Arty’s I Lived?", "url": "https://www.musicologize.com/is-marshmellos-happier-a-ripoff-of-arty/", "published_at": "2019-05-14T01:51:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe8-4d48-723d-8e65-0b1a3505e453", "title": "Did Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber steal the chorus for “I Don’t Care?”", "url": "https://www.musicologize.com/did-ed-sheeran-and-justin-bieber-steal-the-chorus-for-i-dont-care-from-ahem-another-i-dont-care/", "published_at": "2019-05-12T01:11:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbec-8098-73d2-b11b-db19d2c9b91a", "title": "Stairway To Heaven, Blurred Lines, and the silly Inverse Ratio Rule", "url": "https://www.musicologize.com/stairway-to-heaven-blurred-lines-and-the-inverse-ratio-rule/", "published_at": "2019-02-06T21:23:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbec-8098-73d2-b11b-db19d36b6cdb", "title": "The slightly dicey world of soundalikes.", "url": "https://www.musicologize.com/the-dicey-world-of-soundalikes-explained-by-a-musicologist/", "published_at": "2019-02-04T22:37:45+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbec-8098-73d2-b11b-db19d3953738", "title": "Did Juice WRLD Steal “Lean Wit Me?”", "url": "https://www.musicologize.com/juice-wrld-stole-lean-wit-me-not-from-fly-jxy-he-didnt/", "published_at": "2019-01-17T19:51:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbec-8098-73d2-b11b-db19d3f59280", "title": "Does “Thinking Out Loud” infringe upon “Let’s Get It On?” No, but…", "url": "https://www.musicologize.com/lets-get-it-on-vs-thinking-out-loud-infringement-or-just-similarity/", "published_at": "2019-01-08T19:57:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbec-8098-73d2-b11b-db19d41f94d6", "title": "Is “Damn Girl” going to cost Timberlake and Will.i.am millions?", "url": "https://www.musicologize.com/is-damn-girl-going-to-cost-timberlake-and-will-i-am-millions/", "published_at": "2018-11-02T21:45:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbec-8098-73d2-b11b-db19d45491f7", "title": "Say what you mean: interpolation, sampling, or similarity? Let’s get them straight.", "url": "https://www.musicologize.com/sampling-interpolation-infringement-or-not/", "published_at": "2018-10-26T00:24:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbec-8098-73d2-b11b-db19d50e3881", "title": "Taurus v Stairway To Heaven is going back to court.", "url": "https://www.musicologize.com/taurus-v-stairway-to-heaven-is-going-back-to-court/", "published_at": "2018-10-23T19:12:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbec-8098-73d2-b11b-db19d5eb9ed5", "title": "Miley Cyrus and “23” getting sued.", "url": "https://www.musicologize.com/miley-cyrus-and-23-getting-sued/", "published_at": "2018-09-10T17:49:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbec-8098-73d2-b11b-db19d5f19eaf", "title": "Does Dark Horse infringe on Joyful Noise?", "url": "https://www.musicologize.com/does-katy-perry-have-exposure-on-dark-horse/", "published_at": "2018-08-14T21:39:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbec-8098-73d2-b11b-db19d659fc8a", "title": "Sheeran sued over Thinking Out Loud, again.", "url": "https://www.musicologize.com/sheeran-sued-thinking-loud/", "published_at": "2018-06-28T21:31:57+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog

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2022

CNN’s “Taking On Taylor Swift.” Fraught with issues.original ↗

21 Dec 2022

Top 5 copyright cases from 2022.original ↗

20 Dec 2022

Cryptomnesia: Yes, you can infringe by accident.original ↗

16 Dec 2022

DaBaby and Roddy Ricch sued over “Rockstar”original ↗

12 Dec 2022

Roddy Ricch’s “The Box” Infringement Case original ↗

7 Dec 2022

Brands need to be careful about unlicensed music in TikTok videos.original ↗

29 Nov 2022

What’s “Preventative Forensic Musicology?”original ↗

21 Nov 2022

Kanye West’s “Life Of The Party” and BDPs “South Bronx”original ↗

8 Nov 2022

Does Disney’s “Some Things Never Change” infringe? No.original ↗

4 Nov 2022

Advertising: Musicologist Services original ↗

2 Sept 2022

Beyoncé’s Energy vs Kelis’s Milkshake silliness.original ↗

30 Aug 2022

Taylor Swift’s Shake It Off Lawsuit: The Short Version original ↗

10 Aug 2022

How to not get sued for copyright infringement!original ↗

10 Aug 2022

Epidemic Sound suing Facebook: a quick lesson in statutory damages.original ↗

22 Jul 2022

The importance of preventative musicological care.original ↗

20 Jul 2022

Some thoughts on Arnstein.original ↗

13 Jul 2022

Did Kanye West sample “Move Your Body?”original ↗

1 Jul 2022

UPDATE: Mariah Carey “All I Want For Christmas” case is still silly.original ↗

29 Jun 2022

What’s the Kenny Loggins v Garth Brooks thing?original ↗

19 Jun 2022

The “All I Want For Christmas Is You” lawsuit is silly.original ↗

6 Jun 2022

The fallacy of filtering as an extrinsic test.original ↗

31 May 2022

Does the Shape Of You verdict stem the tide?original ↗

14 May 2022

Is there a Take 6 sample on H.E.R.’s “Could’ve Been?”original ↗

6 May 2022

Bieber Dan + Shay 10,000 Hours Lawsuit original ↗

30 Apr 2022

Bieber Dan + Shay track “10,000 Hours” infringement suit.original ↗

21 Apr 2022

Calvin Harris Slide v How Is It Gonna Be original ↗

14 Apr 2022

Sam Smith’s Dancing With A Stranger lawsuit is silly.original ↗

20 Mar 2022

Sheeran’s “Shape Of You” vs Chokri’s “Oh Why.”original ↗

17 Mar 2022

Dua Lipa Levitating isn’t similar to Wiggle and Giggle.original ↗

7 Mar 2022

Dua Lipa ‘Levitating’ v. “Live Your Life”original ↗

2 Mar 2022

Drake sued for unlicensed samples on In My Feelings and Nice For What.original ↗

1 Mar 2022

Sheeran’s “Thinking Out Loud” vs Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On?”original ↗

14 Feb 2022

Apple’s Willful Infringement Case original ↗

27 Jan 2022

Jimi Hendrix is suing preemptively.original ↗

20 Jan 2022

How to Find a Forensic Musicologist original ↗

19 Jan 2022

2021

Musicology Services for Advertising: Avoiding infringement claims.original ↗

14 Nov 2021

Did Bad Bunny Sample DJ Playero for Safaera?original ↗

5 Oct 2021

Olivia Rodrigo is handing out songwriter credits like they’re candy.original ↗

24 Sept 2021

The Weeknd “Call Out My Name” lawsuit looks pretty silly.original ↗

21 Sept 2021

Quick take: Olivia Rodrigo good 4 u & Misery Business.original ↗

31 Aug 2021

Lawsuit: Jake Owen sued over “Made For You.”original ↗

31 Jul 2021

Jay-Z’s and Timbaland still toe 2 toe over “Help Me.”original ↗

14 Jun 2021

Dear “I’m afraid someone will steal my song.”original ↗

1 Jun 2021

Does Halsey and Benny Blanco’s Eastside rip off Loveless?original ↗

26 May 2021

5 Reasons You May Need A Musicologist original ↗

30 Apr 2021

Judge: Arty doesn’t own his New Republic remix and can’t sue Marshmello.original ↗

13 Apr 2021

Taylor Swift v Evermore Theme Park Concludes Softly original ↗

29 Mar 2021

Does Arty even own the music he’s suing Marshmello over?original ↗

23 Mar 2021

Pharrell’s “reverse engineering” remark doesn’t mean perjury.original ↗

1 Mar 2021

Minaj accepts a $450k judgment.original ↗

13 Jan 2021

Musicology for Advertising: An Ounce of Prevention original ↗

10 Jan 2021

2020

Why Trump will lose the Electric Avenue case.original ↗

16 Nov 2020

Why the initial Chapman v Minaj decision was a non-event.original ↗

17 Sept 2020

Led Zeppelin: Plagiarists? Infringers? Both?original ↗

1 Sept 2020

Did Kendrick Lamar really steal “Loyalty?”original ↗

26 Aug 2020

Stairway case might head to the Supreme Court original ↗

18 Aug 2020

The Weeknd’s “A Lonely Night” lawsuit. (Updated)original ↗

24 Jul 2020

“Thinking Out Loud” case; “Can you own a groove?”original ↗

16 Jun 2020

“Thinking Out Loud” again. New exciting twists.original ↗

12 Jun 2020

Travis Scott lawsuit. Does Highest In The Room infringe?original ↗

11 Jun 2020

Apple TV+ sued for infringement of ’89 rap track.original ↗

13 May 2020

On Willful Infringement and Statutory Damages original ↗

11 May 2020

Nickelback sued over “Rockstar.”original ↗

8 May 2020

$8.1M infringement suit. Was Ford too cheap to pay $13,500 in license fees?original ↗

30 Apr 2020

Judge throws out Josh Groban copyright case.original ↗

7 Apr 2020

Why the Stairway and Dark Horse rulings solve nothing. Pt 2.original ↗

2 Apr 2020

Sheeran’s case got a step up from the Stairway decision.original ↗

26 Mar 2020

Why the Stairway and Dark Horse rulings solve nothing. Pt 1.original ↗

24 Mar 2020

Dark Horse, overturned.original ↗

17 Mar 2020

Big Bang Theory’s “Soft Kitty.”original ↗

7 Mar 2020

Does Bad Decisions infringe on Dancing With Myself?original ↗

4 Mar 2020

Copyright infringement and the Climate Of Fear original ↗

24 Jan 2020

2019

Walk It Talk It: Migos dodged a bullet.original ↗

19 Nov 2019

What’s more important to an infringement case: Similarity or Access?original ↗

8 Nov 2019

DId Lil Nas X and Cardi B steal “Rodeo?”original ↗

7 Oct 2019

Zeppelin’s ‘Stairway’ case, What’s most likely next?original ↗

27 Sept 2019

“Stairway”: what the Ninth Circuit will look at original ↗

11 Sept 2019

The Intriguing Case of Baby Shark do do do do da do.original ↗

10 Sept 2019

The importance of the Kraftwerk case.original ↗

27 Aug 2019

Did Lady Gaga steal “Shallow?”original ↗

15 Aug 2019

Katy Perry stole Dark Horse’s beat from a Christian rap song, says Jury.original ↗

30 Jul 2019

A dozen interesting things about the Lil Nas X “Carry On” situation.original ↗

26 Jul 2019

Gimme 3 minutes to tell you why Dark Horse is not Joyful Noise.original ↗

23 Jul 2019

5 Seconds Of Summer stole Youngblood?original ↗

22 Jul 2019

Ed Sheeran’s $100M lawsuit will wait for the “Stairway” decision.original ↗

3 Jul 2019

How many words/notes in a row before you stole that joke/melody?original ↗

24 Jun 2019

Did Carrie Underwood steal NBC Sunday Night Football theme, “Game On?”original ↗

20 Jun 2019

Here’s what’s going to happen with Stairway and Taurus.original ↗

12 Jun 2019

Is Marshmello’s Happier a ripoff of Arty’s I Lived?original ↗

14 May 2019

Did Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber steal the chorus for “I Don’t Care?”original ↗

12 May 2019

Stairway To Heaven, Blurred Lines, and the silly Inverse Ratio Rule original ↗

6 Feb 2019

The slightly dicey world of soundalikes.original ↗

4 Feb 2019

Did Juice WRLD Steal “Lean Wit Me?”original ↗

17 Jan 2019

Does “Thinking Out Loud” infringe upon “Let’s Get It On?” No, but…original ↗

8 Jan 2019

2018

Is “Damn Girl” going to cost Timberlake and Will.i.am millions?original ↗

2 Nov 2018

Say what you mean: interpolation, sampling, or similarity? Let’s get them straight.original ↗

26 Oct 2018

Taurus v Stairway To Heaven is going back to court.original ↗

23 Oct 2018

Miley Cyrus and “23” getting sued.original ↗

10 Sept 2018

Does Dark Horse infringe on Joyful Noise?original ↗

14 Aug 2018

Sheeran sued over Thinking Out Loud, again.original ↗

28 Jun 2018