Explain why you’ve come to that conclusion—cite examples from the songs that you think are similar/dissimilar.

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Discussion 5.1:
Copyright Infringement

Below are three examples
where an artist was sued for copyright infringement by another artist. Listen
to each pair of examples (melody, rhythm, groove, chord changes, bass line,
etc.), and for each pair of songs, post your response to the following questions
and then comment on another student’s response.
In
your opinion, based on criteria listed above, are the two song songs
similar enough to have prompted a lawsuit?
Explain
why you’ve come to that conclusion—cite examples from the songs that you
think are similar/dissimilar.
Example 1
Robin Thicke/Pharrell vs. Marvin Gaye
Blurred Lines
Got To Give It Up
Example 2
Sam Smith vs. Tom Petty
Stay With Me
I Won’t Back Down
Funny Mashup of both songs (Stay With Me has
been considerably sped up)
Example 3
Huey Lewis vs. Ray Parker
(1984, settled out of court)
Ghostbusters
I Want A New Drug
Example 4:
Led Zeppelin vs. Spirit
Let’s compare one more
example.
Stairway to Heaven
Spirit
But what if Led Zeppelin
stole the track from someone else? Take a look, and play particular attention
to passages appearing at 0:19 and 1:02.
Cry Me A River

Exercise 5.1: Who Owns
the Copyright?

Choose a song that you
wish to cover on your next album. This requires you to obtain a mechanical
license (since this is a copyrighted work).
Using one of the three
Performing Rights Organizations, BMI, ASCAP, SESAC, or the Harry Fox Agency,
conduct a search to find out who owns the copyright and who the publisher is.
BMI
ASCAP
SESAC
Harry
Fox Agency
Submit the following
results:
Name
of the Song
Name
of the Artist
Copyright
Owner
Publishing
Entity
Method you used to find out
this information (BMI, ASCAP, SESAC, Harry Fox Agency)

Discussion 5.2:
Determining Urgency
Why is it important to learn to determine what
is not urgent when managing your time?

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