Artists and plagarism

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Elvis Costello defends Olivia Rodrigo over Brutal plagiarism claim

Elvis Costello gives a relaxed response after pop star Olivia Rodrigo is accused of copying his music.
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Fair play to Elvis Costello. He has handled that very well. Also, Cortney love trying to claim someone plagiarised her album cover of a crying prom queen, as if she invented the concept lol

Artists and musicians (and their estates) need a good slap. Most music is derived from or influenced by other music. I get that you should protect your IP, but crying because someone has released a song that sounds a bit like one you wrote years ago is embarrassing.

I don't get musicians who want people to idolise them, then kick off or want money when one of those people who idolised them becomes a musician themself and is influenced by them.

It's the same with art. They need to accept their own mantra that art imitates life, which imitates art. Therefore, you're going to get "copycats" or similarities in other people's work.
 
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trueblue84 said:
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Elvis Costello defends Olivia Rodrigo over Brutal plagiarism claim

Elvis Costello gives a relaxed response after pop star Olivia Rodrigo is accused of copying his music.
www.bbc.co.uk

Fair play to Elvis Costello. He has handled that very well. Also, Cortney love trying to claim someone plagiarised her album cover of a crying prom queen, as if she invented the concept lol

Artists and musicians (and their estates) need a good slap. Most music is derived from or influenced by other music. I get that you should protect your IP, but crying because someone has released a song that sounds a bit like one you wrote years ago is embarrassing.

I don't get musicians who want people to idolise them, then kick off or want money when one of those people who idolised them becomes a musician themself and is influenced by them.

It's the same with art. They need to accept their own mantra that art imitates life, which imitates art. Therefore, you're going to get "copycats" or similarities in other people's work.
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Like i've always said. There's only some many musical notes, and only so many orders you can put them in. It's bound to sound similar to something else now a days!
 

Can't remember all the details but there was a song in the Pop charts (1950's) and the words were written to go with a popular piece of classical music. From memory, I think it was the Hungarian Rhapsody but can't be sure. Whoever wrote the words was safe from being sued as the composer of the music was long gone.
 
I've seen the same argument a thousand times in the photography world. One person takes a photo of something then claims everyone else is copying if they take a photo of the same thing even if it's a very different photo.
 

A true artist wouldn't care about phony plagiarism claims. Everyone has influences. A proper piece of plagiarism will get called out and not be successful anyway.

Most musicians are probably not bothered about downloading their songs either especially in an era where physical copies are hard to come by. They want people to listen to and like their stuff and then come and see them live and buy a bit of merch.
 
Simple rock-n-roll riffs should get a lot of leeway in plagiarism claims; there are at least 10000 songs following a simple 1-4-5 progression that sound similar. It's the lyrics and more complicated chord progressions (e.g., "fight test" by flaming lips versus "Father and Son" by Cat Stevens) where things become a bit more murky.
 
Papa Shango said:
A true artist wouldn't care about phony plagiarism claims. Everyone has influences. A proper piece of plagiarism will get called out and not be successful anyway.

Most musicians are probably not bothered about downloading their songs either especially in an era where physical copies are hard to come by. They want people to listen to and like their stuff and then come and see them live and buy a bit of merch.
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-Rob- said:
I've seen the same argument a thousand times in the photography world. One person takes a photo of something then claims everyone else is copying if they take a photo of the same thing even if it's a very different photo.
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It must be an ego thing. I just find it weird. Art by its very nature is interpretation and inspiration from other art.
 

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