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7 January 2022CopyrightEdward Weisz and Keren Goldberger

Taylor Swift’s copyright battle: Inspiration or infringement?

Popular music has many common themes, both lyrically and musically. Most songs featured in the Top 40 music charts are about love or partying and have similar chord progressions and musical motifs.

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