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American Popular Culture and Music past and present Expert Witness | Michigan
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...
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Digital Audio & Computer Music Expert Witness | Florida
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...
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Music Industry and Concert Promotion Expert Witness | Tennessee
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...
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Forensic Musicology Expert Witness | Massachusetts
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...
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January 6, 2022
This pop culture and journalism case involves a musician who sued a website service. The celebrity was an internationally known musician, with...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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This case involves a record company that owned the copyrights to seven musical compositions by a popular rock group. The record company had never...
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