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  2. List of songs subject to plagiarism disputes - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of songs that have been the subject of plagiarism disputes. In several of the disputes the artists have stated that the copying of melody or chord progression was unconscious. In some cases the song was sampled or covered. Some cases are still awaiting litigation.

  3. Public domain music - Wikipedia

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    In 2015, Canada changed the copyright length to 70 years. [9] On 8 February 2016, a court ruled that the children's song "Happy Birthday to You" was in the public domain and Warner/Chappell Music was required to pay $14 million to the song's licensees. [10]

  4. Music licensing - Wikipedia

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    Music licensing is the licensed use of copyrighted music. [1] Music licensing is intended to ensure that the owners of copyrights on musical works are compensated for certain uses of their work. A purchaser has limited rights to use the work without a separate agreement.

  5. Chord progressions based on the ascending series of 4ths are common in many jazz and pop/rock songs, and can be traced back to Mozart, Bach and earlier,” the music copyright expert told Bored Panda.

  6. Copyright law of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Nature of the copyrighted work: Using a more creative or imaginative work (such as a novel, movie, or song) is less likely to support fair use than using a factual work (such as a technical article or news item). In addition, use of an unpublished work is less likely to be considered fair.

  7. Trump lawyers are set to argue in court this week that the ...

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    Trump's lawyers acknowledge that Grant copyrighted the sheet music 40 years ago. But they say he failed to similarly protect the actual recording that people have danced to at parties and ...

  8. Elon Musk's X escapes much of lawsuit over copyrighted songs

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    (Reuters) -X, the social media platform owned by Elon Musk, on Tuesday won the dismissal of most of a lawsuit by 17 music publishers that accused it of infringing copyrights on nearly 1,700 songs ...

  9. Music plagiarism - Wikipedia

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    Music plagiarism is the use or close imitation of another author's music while representing it as one's own original work.Plagiarism in music now occurs in two contexts—with a musical idea (that is, a melody or motif) or sampling (taking a portion of one sound recording and reusing it in a different song).