Intellectual Property,
Entertainment & Sports
Apr. 23, 2016
Suit may leave jurors dazed and confused
This year's most talked-about music infringement case, Skidmore v. Led Zeppelin, hinges on the same copyrightability issue and threatens to turn into "Blurred Lines" redux.
Last year at this time, it was the "Blurred Lines" case in which an L.A. jury clobbered Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams with a $7.4 million judgement for making a record that was inspired by Marvin Gaye disco-funk classic, "Got to Give it Up." The verdict rightly drew criticism because the performance elements that made the two compositions sound similar - the style, the beat, the keyboard and vocal sounds - aren't copyrightable. Song writers don't infringe when they borrow sounds, rhyt...
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