Music Expert Witnesses in Massachusetts

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Music expert witnesses specialize in a variety of fields, including music copyright infringement, music licensing, music production, music theory, and music education. Some of the most common specialties among music expert witnesses also include sound engineering, songwriting, music publishing, concert promotion, and artist management. They have provided opinions on the effects of intellectual property rights, the fair use doctrine, royalty disputes, plagiarism allegations, and contract breaches in the music industry.

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E-531433

Forensic Musicology Expert Witness

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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...

Music Expert Witness FAQs

A music expert witness provides specialized knowledge and insights on music-related matters, such as copyright infringement, royalty disputes, or authenticity of musical works.

Music expert witnesses are often involved in intellectual property disputes, contract disagreements, defamation cases involving musicians, and even personal injury claims at concerts.

Subspecialties can include areas like musicology, ethnomusicology, sound engineering, music copyright law, and performance standards in various genres.

They can analyze similarities between songs, understand historical context, evaluate originality and potentially identify instances of unauthorized usage or plagiarism.

A sound engineer can provide crucial insights in cases involving audio quality disputes, equipment malfunction claims, or issues related to concert safety and noise levels.

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