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
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
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