“There are only so many notes and very few chords used in pop music – coincidence is bound to happen if 60 000 songs are being released every day…that’s 22 million songs a year and there are only 12 notes that are available”. Ed Sheeran’s words certainly ring true, in...
Copyright infringement hearings have certainly taken on a new meaning, after well-known musician, Ed Sheeran, recently performed bars of his hit, Shape of You, before the High Court in London in an effort to prove that portions of the chart-topper were not copied from...
Copyright EnforcementIn many cases, judicial proceedings can be instituted by the copyright owner to obtain relief in the case of infringement of copyright. Such proceedings can be instituted either by way of application or by action. The...
Copyright CommercialisationThe South African Copyright Act allows the author or the copyright owner the privilege to authorise or prevent certain acts in relation to a creative work. The rights owner of a work can use, transfer, license, prohibit or...
Copyright Infringement ProsecutionThe principle of any kind of property is that the owner may use it as he wishes, and that nobody else can lawfully use it without his authorisation. This does not, of course, mean that he can use it regardless of the...
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