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PLAGIARISM AND ITS REMEDY


                                       Plagiarism in Music Industry


Plagiarism is an act of presenting any idea which maybe new or old without giving credit or citing the information to the content’s owner (Merriam-Webster, 2019). The act itself can be intentional or unintentional but there are strict laws in play if the act is committed. There are many cases in the world today that are connected with the act of plagiarism especially in the music industry where the source of inspiration for chord progressions or beats can easily lead to this act. Some of them can be connected with Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines”, Ed Sheeran’s Photograph” and Justin Bieber’s “Sorry”. Particularly, Robin Thicke’s song featuring Pharrell Williams and T.I. was sued by the Gaye’s state lawyers for allegedly stealing the entire music from Marvin Gaye’s “Got to give it up”. The ruling favored the Gaye defendants who were claiming the ownership of the entire genre but the similarity was only seen on the sheet music which resulted in them paying over 7.3 million dollars to the Gaye’s estate as part of the ruling (Grow, 2015). Janis Gaye, wife of Marvin Gaye was particularly grateful to the Gaye’s estate for giving Marvin Gaye credit for what the did back in 1977.
 
In the case of Ed Sheeran, he was sued by Harington and Leonard’s lawyer for stealing content from their song “Amazing” which shares 39 notes in common and same choruses used in the Ed Sheeran’s “Photograph” (Ortiz, 2016). These acts of plagiarism are accompanied by copyright infringement lawsuit in this case which protects the artists from being forgotten for their creativity. In some cases, new artists are unaware of this act of plagiarism and when they do it’s too late. The voices of the new artists are unheard which results in demotivation and loss of hope. It is theft to steal someone’s content without giving them the credit for their work. In many cases, artists put all of their entire life savings, time and dedication in their lyrics and music for one hope that people will recognize them and love them for their work. If their piece of art is stolen by other people then this will create a huge declination in the production of creative new artists in the music industry.

 To demotivate these acts of theft, a new set of law has been set by European Union as Article 13 which promotes the right shareholders of the content for their use of subject matter and creativity to prevent the availability for content thieves and cooperate vultures. This new law is being supported by renowned figures like Sir Paul McCartney and UK music CEO Michael Dugher to protect new or old artists who are basically screwed by content stealers and corporate vultures, feed off them and refuse to compensate artists and music creators for their work (McMullan, Bedford, & Sims, 2018). These acts of theft have been finally exposed to the global platform to stop the act of plagiarism and encourage the copyright infringement law for the sake of art and artists.


References


Grow, K. (2015, 03 10). Music News. Retrieved from Rolling Stone: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/robin-thicke-pharrell-lose-multi-million-dollar-blurred-lines-lawsuit-35975/
McMullan, T., Bedford, T., & Sims, E. (2018, 12 10). Article 13 approved: What are the EU copyright law amendments? Retrieved from Alphr: https://www.alphr.com/politics/1009470/article-13-EU-what-is-it-copyright
Merriam-Webster. (2019, 01 12). Plagiarize. Retrieved from Merriam-Webster.com: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plagiarize
Ortiz, E. (2016, 06 09). Ed Sheeran Sued for Copyright Theft of Hit Song 'Photograph'. Retrieved from NBC News: https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/music/ed-sheeran-sued-copyright-theft-hit-song-photograph-n588356




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