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Did Childish Gambino plagiarize in “This Is America”? [answer: no]

Did Childish Gambino plagiarize in “This Is America”? [answer: no]

by Joe Bennett | May 19, 2021 | Copyright, Forensic Musicology, musicology, Plagiarism, Popular Music, Songwriting

Betteridge’s law famously states that “Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no”. And so, in the spirit of good blogging and the avoidance of cheap clickbait, I have answered my own question in the title of this post....
Sample replays… #arp #sampling

Sample replays… #arp #sampling

by Joe Bennett | Sep 4, 2018 | arp, Popular Music, Research, Songwriting

Sample replays and their implications for producers and listeners Justin Morey, Leeds Beckett University ABSTRACT: There is evidence that the cost of clearing the recording copyright of a sample (the master clearance) has risen significantly in the last 20 years (see,...

Plagiarism: Musicology’s Proof of the Pudding #arp #iaspm

by Joe Bennett | Sep 3, 2018 | arp, Education, Networked music performance, Popular Music, Research, Songwriting

Franco Fabbri, University of Milan and Conservatorio ‘A.Boito’, Parma Our opening keynote for the conference is the much-loved Franco Fabbri, a much-celebrated musician, educator and musicologist. I was particularly interested to hear this one, because Franco is...

New Music Ecosystem 2018 conference – live blog

by Joe Bennett | May 5, 2018 | Copyright, Education, music production, Research, Songwriting

No, the other Washington.   I’m in Seattle at the New Music Ecosystem conference, organised by the University of Washington Law School. It’s a gathering of music and law professionals, discussing the future of creators’ compensation, tech/music...
Did Lana Del Rey copy Radiohead?

Did Lana Del Rey copy Radiohead?

by Joe Bennett | Jan 9, 2018 | Copyright, musicology, Plagiarism, Popular Music, Songwriting

This week, Lana Del Rey stated that she is being sued for copying Radiohead’s 1992 song Creep in her 2017 release, Get Free. It’s true about the lawsuit. Although I know my song wasn’t inspired by Creep, Radiohead feel it was and want 100% of the publishing...
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