As a forensic musicologist, I’m asked about AI, of course. “How do artificial intelligence-based tools affect my process?” and “What do I think about training models on copyrighted musical works?” To the first question, yes, I’m using AI more and more, certainly not for assessing substantial similarity, but cool stuff like stem separation, for example ... The post Is AI Learning or Infringing? Thomson Reuters v. Ross Through a Musicologist’s Lens appeared first on Forensic Music...| 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
Miley Cyrus’ bid to dismiss ‘Flowers’ copyright infringement lawsuit got pushback from a judge who sided with the partial owner of a Bruno Mars song.| Rolling Stone
I was reading an academic paper the other day, and it began: You are just as qualified as any expert to make a judgment and have a feeling or a response to any work of art. – Bill Viola And I’m like, “No, you aren’t. Sure, for certain kinds of judgments, but not any judgment. ...| Forensic Musicologist Services
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, ... The post Steve Howe and Yes sued for infringement. appeared first on Forensic Musicologist Services.| Forensic Musicologist Services
Last week, Plies sued Megan Thee, GloRilla, Cardi, and Soulja Boy for copyright infringement. The complaint is here, if you’d like to read it. Plies’s twisty claim seems to be that Soulja Boy’s “Pretty Boy Swag” (2010) infringes on Plies’s “Me & My Goons” (2008), and then Megan Thee Stallion, GloRilla, and Cardi B’s “Wanna ...| 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
