Music by numbers:Are soundalike ‘coincidences’ really bound to happen?

Music by numbers:Are soundalike ‘coincidences’ really bound to happen?

Is ‘plagiarism’,deliberate or otherwise,inevitable in music? Or are the possibilities (virtually) limitless?

  • byKarl Quinn

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‘Only so many notes in pop music’:Defiant Ed Sheeran wins Shape of You copyright battle
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‘Only so many notes in pop music’:Defiant Ed Sheeran wins Shape of You copyright battle

British singer Ed Sheeran has won an English High Court case over whether a refrain in his 2017 hit Shape Of You had been lifted from another artist.

  • byRob Harris
In love with the sound of you? Ed Sheeran in court again over ‘borrowing’ claims

In love with the sound of you? Ed Sheeran in court again over ‘borrowing’ claims

The four-time Grammy award-winner was in court to face the one accusation all musicians fear:plagiarism.

  • byThomas Mitchell
Literati agog at twist in stolen book whodunit

Literati agog at twist in stolen book whodunit

A worker at a publisher in London has been arrested and charged,accused by the FBI of defrauding famous authors.

  • byAnita Singh
An aspiring successor to Merkel admits ‘work of others’ in book

An aspiring successor to Merkel admits ‘work of others’ in book

The Green Party candidate had been accused of plagiarism. She’s previously had to correct details in a resume and belatedly declare payments from her party.

‘Copyright is for losers’:How did Banksy’s brash claim backfire?
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‘Copyright is for losers’:How did Banksy’s brash claim backfire?

A quick guide to why Banksy lost the trademark for four of his most famous works.

  • byNick Miller
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Anonymity hurts Banksy as he loses copyright fight with greeting card company

Anonymity hurts Banksy as he loses copyright fight with greeting card company

The EU said because Banksy “has chosen to be anonymous” his “identity cannot be legally determined”,leading to his trademark to be cancelled on two more pieces.

  • bySteve Bird
Mike Tyson sues Australian streetwear retailer Culture Kings for ‘deceptive’ T-shirts

Mike Tyson sues Australian streetwear retailer Culture Kings for ‘deceptive’ T-shirts

Former world champion boxer and “the baddest man on the planet” Mike Tyson has sued local streetwear retailer Culture Kings and its rich-lister owners.

  • byDominic Powell
Google wins Oracle copyright row at top court,ending decade-long battle

Google wins Oracle copyright row at top court,ending decade-long battle

The US Supreme Court ruled that Google didn’t commit copyright infringement when it used Oracle’s programming code in the Android operating system,sparing Google from what could have been a multibillion-dollar award.

  • byGreg Stohr andSusan Decker
Clive Palmer's evidence dishonest in Twisted Sister copyright case,court told

Clive Palmer's evidence dishonest in Twisted Sister copyright case,court told

The barrister for Universal Music,which holds the copyright in the song,accused the former federal MP of"toying with the court"and giving untruthful evidence.

  • byMichaela Whitbourn
Experts spar over Mariah Carey in Clive Palmer's Twisted Sister fight

Experts spar over Mariah Carey in Clive Palmer's Twisted Sister fight

The Federal Court was played a cover of O Come,All Ye Faithful by the American songstress as Clive Palmer claims Twisted Sister"ripped off"the hymn.

  • byMichaela Whitbourn