“Copyright law has increasingly been in the public eye due to several high-profile music cases. These have notably included the charges made against Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke’s ‘Blurred Lines’ by the estate of the late Marvin Gaye, which has since led to a plethora of large-scale cases, including Jessie Braham suing Taylor Swift for her lyrics in ‘Shake it Off’, Marcus Gray suing Katy Perry for copyright infringement in ‘Dark Horse’, and more recently the copyright case against Ed Sheeran’s ‘Shape of You’. The ‘Blurred Lines’ case received high levels of attention due to not only the prominent status of the musicians involved but also the general criticism of the case. …”
Ann C Luk, How does the public perceive music copyright law? A content analysis of YouTube videos on the Flame v Perry ‘Dark Horse’ case, Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice, https://doi.org/10.1093/jiplp/jpac066. Published 21 July.
First posted 2022-07-22 08:30:04
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