Olivia Dean Lawsuit, AI Fraudster Sentence, Erica Campbell Case & More Top Music Law News
In this week's Legal Beat newsletter, a battle over "Just the Two of Us", a streaming fraud prison sentence, a gospel music settlement and much more.
A lawsuit has been filed against Olivia Dean's record label and publishing company, alleging that her song "I've Seen It" copied key elements from Bill Withers' 1980 hit "Just the Two of Us." The case, reported by Billboard, claims the overlap between the two songs is "obvious and inescapable." Dean is a rising star in the music industry, with hit singles "Man I Need" and "So Easy (To Fall in Love)" and a Billboard 200 chart-topping album, The Art of Loving.
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