Work Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
10-19-2023
Department
Professional Music; Songwriting
Keywords
forensic musicology; copyright
Abstract
In this chapter, I will argue that forensic musicology (FM) practice can answer this question by combining comparative musical analysis and repertoire research, contextualised within an understanding of how songwriters and composers create and how listeners hear. In doing so, I shall identify the methodological and phenomenological traps into which courts and juries can fall and suggest ways in which these can be anticipated and circumvented.
Recommended Citation
Bennett, Joe, "We Can Work It Out: Forensic Musicology Methods" (2023). Faculty Works.
https://remix.berklee.edu/faculty-works/8
Comments
This is a chapter appearing in Music Borrowing and Copyright Law: A Genre-by-Genre Analysis, edited by Enrico Bonadio and Chen Wei Zhu, and published by Hart Publishing (Bloomsbury Publishing). https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/music-borrowing-and-copyright-law-9781509949380/