Judith Finell: Forensic musicologist on what it takes to prove an artist has plagiarised a song

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Mar 15, 2022 · 3m

Accusations of songs plagiarising or copying other songs isn't new.

But copyright infringement cases are big business in the United States. Ed Sheeran is currently in court arguing he didn't plagiarise his song Shape of You.

While Katy Perry has just won an appeal against an artist claiming she ripped him off with her song Dark Horse.

Judith Finell is a forensic musicologist who's testified at several infringement cases and she joined Kate Hawkesby.

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