by Mark McLoughlin | Apr 7, 2015 | Commentary |
In the past two months, three major pop artists have paid royalties to older musicians because new pop songs sounded too much like older hits: Sam Smith paid Tom Petty for the similarities between “Stay With Me” and “Won’t Back Down” and Pharrell Williams and Robin...
by Mark McLoughlin | Nov 11, 2014 | MTTLR Journal |
Bad news for music fans: Girl Talk is illegal[1], according to language put forward by the Sixth Circuit. This language applies to all “mash-up” artists and “sample artists” that use clips from other artist’s songs without permission. According to a 2008 New York...
