The Ninth Circuit revived the Ambrosetti v. OCP music copyright lawsuit. Musicologize explains why the case is a non-case—holy smoke and mirrors.| Music Copyright Expert Witness & Forensic Musicologist
We love stories about bands that don’t get along the way we idealistically expect they should. Aaaaand we also find Sting pretentious. Of course this story has legs! But no teeth. Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers don’t and likely won’t own any of the publishing on “Every Breath You Take,” no matter how much we ...| Music Copyright Expert Witness & Forensic Musicologist
Yeah. That’ll do it.Today’s cert-denial finishes “SAS I” and almost certainly finishes the other Structured Asset Sales case you might have seen mentioned in today’s reporting — the stayed numerosity-geared “SAS II.” Ed Sheeran has been defending against “Let’s Get It On” claims for years and years, and now the whole shebang ends instantly and ...| Music Copyright Expert Witness & Forensic Musicologist
Or maybe it’s my problem. After the judge in Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” infringement case not only dismissed Vince Vance’s copyright infringement claim at the summary judgment stage, but the ruling also laid the foundation for possibly awarding nearly $200,000 in legal fees that I’m guessing the plaintiff was not ...| Forensic Musicologist Services
But The Plaintiff’s Musicological Argument Still Falls Flat. Music copyright stuff happened yesterday, a little bit. As reported by Rolling Stone and Billboard this morning, the Miley Cyrus’s Flowers vs. Bruno Mars’ When I Was Your Man case can’t stop, won’t stop—following an interesting attempt at dismissal that stood no reasonable chance. Flowers, of course, ...| Forensic Musicologist Services
This one will be fun—huge records by huge stars. “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 ...| Forensic Musicologist Services
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Whatever the record is for our quickest “let’s get to the bottom of this” analysis I intend to break it here. I’ll start with the conclusion. This song (“Dare To Know”) from a record that I didn’t know existed (“Reunion”) by the band (“YES”) I listened to constantly as a youngster, but not much since, ...| Forensic Musicologist Services
Schedule a free introductory call. ORIGINALITY & SIMILARITY ANALYSIS Musicologize’s Brian McBrearty provides preemptive musicological services to avoid the risk of potential infringement and plagiarism claims. Preventative musicology services include: Comparison and analysis, most often of client work and well-known preexisting works. Determination of whether observable similarities between two works might be concerning and potentially ...| Forensic Musicologist Services
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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 ...| Music Copyright Expert Witness & Forensic Musicologist