In the spotlight
July 2018: new additions to Lost in Music
We've added a few new case notes over recent weeks. These include Flourgon v Miley Cyrus, White Hinterland v Justin Bieber, Paul Rose v U2 and an updated report on the case between Ed Townsend's estate and Ed Sheeran over his song Thinking out Loud.
Settled
Casey Dienel, aka White Hinterland vs Justin Bieber, Skrillex and others
Artist Casey Dienel, who also records under the name White Hinterland brought a case against Justin Bieber in May 2016, alleging that Bieber's 2015 hit single ‘Sorry’ copied Dienel's vocal loop from her 2014 song ‘Ring the Bell’. The allegedly ...
Decided
EMI Music Publishing vs Papathanasiou, Spheric BV and Warner Bros
In what has become known as the "Chariots of Fire" case, EMI brought a claim of infringement of copyright against the composer Evangelos Papathanasiou (known professionally as Vangelis), his publisher Spheric BV, Amsterdam, and his record labels ...
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robkerr • 3 May 2018 • 0 replies
Lady Gaga vs. Rita Ora
Rita Ora's latest single 'Anywhere' is strikingly similar in its melodic style to the work of Lady Gaga on the whole, but the chorus bears particular resemblance to that ...
robkerr • 9 Oct 2017 • 2 replies
Liam Payne ft. Quavo vs. Shaggy ft. Rikrok
Listening to the radio yesterday, I couldn't help but feel sorry for people like Ed Sheeran. Imagine being him, getting in the car to drive to your lawyer's office to tie ...
SimonA • 18 Jul 2017 • 0 replies
BBC article on the threat of a copyright infringement case stifling creativity
Interesting article on the BBC site 12 July 2017: Is the threat of a copyright infringement stifling music http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40560477 I'm ...
robkerr • 6 Jul 2017 • 0 replies
Muse vs. John Williams
Muse - one of my favourite bands - were once one of the most original bands of their generation. Although indebted heavily to Radiohead and Jeff Buckley as musical and ...
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