
Ed Sheeran's Victory and What It Means for Songwriters
Bloomberg Law
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The Differences Between Expert Witnesses and Jurors
Musicologists testify as expert witnesses. Ed Sheeran specifically went after the playing test musicologist and explained how this particular court progression, or at least the second court in the court progression, was not substitutable. He played it and explained to the jury, almost as if he was his own musicologist expert. And I think that's really was a turning point. His musicologist then picked up on that theme and supported it and sort of gave legal credence to it.
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