by Joe Bennett | Oct 28, 2024 | 5live, Copyright, Popular Music, Songwriting
Tonight Gordon and I celebrated Halloween on the show. In celebration of all things spooky, we explored a sinister selection of eerie ear-worms, creepy chords, and hair-raising harmonies. Every lyric in our selection this week is a ghost story! (Ghost) Riders in the... 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 Joe Bennett | Apr 12, 2022 | Copyright, Forensic Musicology, musicology, Plagiarism, Popular Music, Songwriting
Watch on YouTube Interview with Professor Joe Bennett (Forensic Musicologist / Berklee College Of Music) discussing the Ed Sheeran “Shape Of You” verdict in the UK high court. Interview date: April 10, 2022 BBC World Service: World Business Report... 
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... ![Did Dua Lipa copy from Artikal Sound System? [no]](https://joebennett.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/735A653E-3FE6-448D-A477-3C80E3DA92C5.jpeg)
by Joe Bennett | Mar 5, 2022 | Copyright, Forensic Musicology, musicology, Plagiarism, Popular Music, Songwriting
I was interviewed by Rolling Stone this week about the Dua Lipa complaint that was filed in LA on Wednesday. Yes I *know* these 6-beat fragments are incredibly similar, but similarity is not the same as copying. I maintain that this is probably a coincidence (whatever... 
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...
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