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
Delighted to be on with the BBC to discuss, fortunately, not one of the more nuanced cases out there. And especially pleased and grateful to the host and producers for not letting me sound silly after what had gone something like: 8:30am: RING. “Hi. It’s BBC News. Can you jump on in 45 minutes to ...| 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
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
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
One for the lawyers. Something good should come from this. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the ruling (one of a couple of em) that Ed Sheeran’s “Thinking Out Loud” does not infringe on Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On. The plaintiff here was neither Marvin Gaye’s estate, nor co-writer Robert ...| Music Copyright Expert Witness & Forensic Musicologist
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. ...| 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
(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 ...| Forensic Musicologist Services
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 ...| 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
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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 ...| Forensic Musicologist Services
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 ...| Forensic Musicologist Services
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 ...| Forensic Musicologist Services
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 ...| Forensic Musicologist Services
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 ...| Forensic Musicologist Services
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 ...| Forensic Musicologist Services
Music copyright continues to have the problem of asymmetric risk borne by defendants against copyright infringement claims that I’d politely characterize as far-fetched, and therefore to some extent incentivizes them, both of which fly in the face of copyright’s purpose; to promote creativity so the world can enjoy its fruits. This case is just the ...| Forensic Musicologist Services
On April 4, 2024, Tuff City Records sued Universal Music Group over an alleged infringement that dates back to 1992, when Mary J. Blige, just twenty-one years old, released her first top-ten hit, “Real Love.” The complaint, filed in New York, claims “Real Love” infringes on a well-sampled record from 1973, the Honey Drippers (not ...| Music Copyright Expert Witness & Forensic Musicologist
Anyone can hear that it’s wrong. But you might be surprised at why and how it’s wrong. Everyone hates these commercials, but nobody can ignore them, so props to the creators of the Burger King jingle; the “earworm that’s taken over America.” Ask almost anyone why it’s so “bad” and they’ll say, “It’s because the ...| Forensic Musicologist Services
Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You,” is by most metrics the top Christmas song of all time. And where there’s a hit, as they say, there’s a writ. Headlines are blaring: “Was Carey inspired by another song of the same name? Did she plagiarize it? Does it infringe?” No. Not even close. ...| Forensic Musicologist Services