The Overview podcast: are plagiarism rows threatening the future of music?
A growing number of chart-toppers have been accused of copying other artists’ work
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Artists have always drawn inspiration from each other’s work, but music stars have faced a deluge of plagiarism claims in recent years, with household names including Ed Sheeran facing legal action.
So is music copyright fit for purpose in the age of streaming? Could the latest legal battles open the floodgates to more lawsuits? And is AI changing how music is written?
Presented by Julia O'Driscoll, with platinum-selling songwriter and record producer Crispin Hunt, legal expert and author Hayleigh Bosher, a senior lecturer in intellectual property law at Brunel University, and musician and composer (and podcast producer) Rich Jarman.
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