Close to the Edge: Forensic Musicology and Plagiarism - Joe Bennett

Our Keynote presentation from our 2023 conference in New Orleans.
Forensic musicology is used in music copyright infringement disputes to establish the extent of plagiarism, and in media to ensure that new music is not derivative of older music. This session provides an overview of the field, with demonstrations of the practical techniques used to answer the question, “how similar is too similar?”. The session will include examples from notable copyright infringement lawsuits in the UK and USA.