by admin | Apr 30, 2023 | Copyright, Education, Forensic Musicology
Host Victor Blackwell interviews Professor Joe Bennett. CNN news, Sunday April 30, 2023 Introduction Blackwell: Ed sheeran played to an intimate crowd in New York on Friday: a jury in a Manhattan courtroom. They will decide whether he copied Marvin Gaye’s... 
by admin | Apr 7, 2022 | Copyright, Forensic Musicology, musicology, Popular Music, Songwriting
Analysis: plagiarism row between Ed Sheeran and Sami Chokri is latest in surge of lawsuits against musicians [JB comment – I was interviewed by The Guardian regarding the (IMO appropriate) outcome of the Ed Sheeran ‘Shape Of You’ 2022 case. Here’s an excerpt from... 
by admin | Sep 22, 2021 | Copyright, Forensic Musicology, musicology, Plagiarism, Popular Music, Songwriting
[JB note: I’m pleased to welcome my friend and colleague Will Bennett as a guest blogger. Will (no relation) is a PhD musicology researcher at Harvard, and also a valued member of the JBMS consultancy team. I asked him a couple of weeks ago what he thought of... 
by admin | Jun 4, 2021 | Copyright, Forensic Musicology, Plagiarism, Popular Music, Songwriting
The case against Childish Gambino is the latest in a run of copyright claims Article + interview with Joe Bennett. Words: Tom Wainwright. Originally published in The Economist, 15 May 2021. “You motherfuckers owe me!” raps Donald Glover, better known as...
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