According to The Economist, “Forensic musicologists are suddenly in high demand as songwriters sue each other over copyright“. In fact, for many years, there have been too many cases of musical plagiarism. Some blatantly sampled a piece of music by taking a segment of the original piece and using it in a different song. There are others who copy a motif of the original piece. There is also this common saying that there is always a fine line between inspiration and plagiarism. So now, be the judge. Who’s the genius? Who’s a mere follower? Who was inspired and who plagiarised?
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