A US court has ruled Ed Sheeran isn’t guilty of plagiarism. The ruling supports the rights of musical artists to build from the artists who came before them.
Released at the height of the Vietnam War, Marvin Gaye’s hit-heavy album explored themes of race, environmentalism and conflict. It also marked a new direction for the Motown record label..
Rap songs from Public Enemy and Ludacris have been heard at marches over the killing of George Floyd. But the history of Black American music as a form of protest dates back to the 19th century.
A jury in the US has awarded damages of nearly US$7.4 million to Marvin Gaye’s family in a lawsuit against singers Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams. Aren’t we missing the point of copyright?