This highly qualified forensic musicologist has over 25 years of experience in his field. He earned his BA in music at Northumbria and his PhD in music at University of Surrey. He is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy and is highly published in his field, having over 30 books and 300 articles to his name. His primary area of research expertise is the psychology of songwriting and similarity thresholds in popular songs. Currently this expert is the vice president of ...
This expert has 40 years of experience in the music industry. He earned his BM from Illinois State University, his MM from Ithaca College and his PhD in higher education administration from Arizona State University. He is a member of the Music and Entertainment Industry Educators Association, the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the International Ticketing Association. He previously served as a summer festival manager for the Shenandoah Valley Music ...
This expert is a world renowned figure in digital audio and computer music, with over 40 technical publications and four patents to his credit. The former chief technical officer at Lucasfilm Droid Works, he won both an Emmy Award for Technical Achievement and the Audio Engineering Society's lifetime achievement award. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from Stanford University, as well as undergraduate degrees in Applied Mathematics and Electrical Engineering from MIT....
This performing artist and scholar of twentieth century American culture served among the first curators of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio. He earned his BA in Sociology and Fine Arts from Montclair State University and completed a doctoral degree focused on American Folklore and Ethnomusicology at Indiana University. He has served as a faculty member in the American Studies departments of Penn College, Indiana University, and Radford University, while ...
This highly qualified, seasoned stone professional has over 30 years of experience in the stone industry. His skills include geology and stone identification, material sourcing, handling and transporting of fabricated stone, international business, OSHA compliance, business administration and management, as stone forensics. He received his BA from Syracuse University and is an accredited fabricator by the National Stone Institute. He is a member of the National Stone ...
This highly qualified expert has over 12 years of experience in dentistry and 8 in endodontics. He graduated from Duke University with a BA and graduated with a DDS from the University of Maryland, Baltimore. The expert is certified in endodontics from the University of Maryland, Baltimore, and is a member of several organizations, including the American Association of Endodontists, American Dental Association, Virginia Dental Association, Northern Virginia Dental ...
This highly-qualified expert has her Masters, PhD and postdoctoral training in the area of environmental toxicology. She continues to work in this area, focusing primarily on the long term effects following exposures to halogenated hydrocarbons. In addition, her research activities involve the study of drug metabolism and nuclear hormone receptors. Her teaching activities (to dental, medical, graduate and undergraduate students), encompass the disciplines of toxicology ...
This audio device expert began his career as a professional musician, studying at the Boston Conservatory of Music. He thereafter earned a BS in Electrical Engineering from Northeastern University and later pursued a doctorate in the field at Lehigh University. He is a licensed Professional Engineer and member of the IEEE, National Academy of Forensic Engineers (NAFE) and Audio Engineering Society (AES). As the author of industry patents and an active member of the ...
Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of New York Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Arista Records LLC v. Lime Group LLC Citation: 715 F. Supp. 2d 481 Facts The plaintiffs, 13 major record companies that jointly produce almost…
This case involves an intellectual property dispute between an upcoming musician and an established producer. The producer allegedly lifted portions of an original song written by the musician and included them in another artist’s song without the musician’s permission. An expert…
This case involves a record company that owned the copyrights to seven musical compositions by a popular rock group. The record company had never licensed these songs for use in the karaoke industry. A karaoke company encoded compact discs with…
This case involves an advertising agency in New York that was doing a campaign for a snack food maker. The advertising agency knew of a song by a famous singer and decided to make a commercial using a word-play of…
This case takes place in New York and involves the soundtrack to an Oscar-nominated film. The plaintiff in this case worked in film production as a composer. In his free time, the plaintiff also produced music for an independent music…
This case involves a singer who had many hit songs during the 1960’s. The singer was married to the producer of many of her hit songs. When the singer and producer met before they got married, the singer signed a…
This case involves a pop singer who made a pop song with the same name as a copyrighted soul song from the 1960’s. The original song was made by a famous group that had many R&B and soul hits from…
This pop culture and journalism case involves a musician who sued a website service. The celebrity was an internationally known musician, with multiple tours and television appearances. Three years prior to the musician filing suit, he had sexual intercourse with his…