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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.
It seems Adele will face the music for alleged plagiarism as a judge in Brazil orders a worldwide ban on one of the pop star's songs. Adele's song "Million Years Ago" must be pulled from global ...
A judge in Brazil has ordered Adele’s song Million Years Ago to be removed globally from streaming services due to a plagiarism claim by Brazilian composer, Toninho Geraes. Geraes alleges that ...
Author and scholar Carol Swain says officials at top U.S. universities need to hold their faculty more accountable
List of songs subject to plagiarism disputes. Swirsky v. Carey, where Seth Swirsky and Warryn Campbell alleged that their song "One of Those Love Songs" was plagiarized by Mariah Carey's "Thank God I Found You" Skidmore v. Led Zeppelin, where Spirit's "Taurus" was allegedly plagiarized by Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" Gray v.
"He's So Fine" is a song written by Ronnie Mack. It was recorded by The Chiffons who topped the Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks in the spring of 1963.One of the most instantly recognizable golden oldies with its doo-lang doo-lang doo-lang background vocal, "He's So Fine" is also renowned as the song in the famous plagiarism case against George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord".
The most famous case took place when humorist Art Buchwald sued Paramount over the Eddie Murphy comedy “Coming to America.” Buchwald prevailed in a seven-year legal saga and was awarded $825,000.
Rogers v. Koons, 960 F.2d 301 (2d Cir. 1992), [1] is a leading U.S. court case on copyright, dealing with the fair use defense for parody. The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit found that an artist copying a photograph could be liable for infringement when there was no clear need to imitate the photograph for parody.