Coast: Borrowed Ballads Music Quiz
George Harrison's 'My Sweet Lord' was deemed to have plagiarised 'He's So Fine' by which '60s girl group?
The Crystals
The Chiffons
The Supremes
The Ronettes
Men at Work famously lost a court case after using a riff from what Aussie classic in their hit 'Down Under'?
Kookaburra
Waltzing Matilda
A Pub With No Beer
Click Go The Shears
To whose estate did Robin Thicke have to pay more than $5 million for his controversial hit 'Blurred Lines'?
Prince
Marvin Gaye
Elvis Presley
Otis Redding
Ray Parker Jr settled out of court after it was alleged his Ghostbusters theme plagiarised which Huey Lewis and the News track?
I Want a New Drug
Happy To Be Stuck With You
The Power of Love
Hip To Be Square
How many Mariah Carey songs have been the subject of successful court cases?
None
One
Four
Ten
Mariah Carey's 'Emotions' was found to share similarities with the hit 'Best of My Love' - who sang that?
Earth, Wind and Fire
The Pointer Sisters
Kool and the Gang
The Emotions
For sampling their song without permission in 'Ice Ice Baby,' to whom did Vanilla Ice have to pay money and give a songwriting credit?
The Rolling Stones
The Beatles
Queen and David Bowie
Simon and Garfunkel
Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne received a songwriting credit after whose 2014 chart-topper sounded similar to their tune 'I Won't Back Down'?
Ed Sheeran
Sam Smith
Coldplay
Taylor Swift
Puff Daddy's Grammy-winning 'I'll Be Missing You' sampled The Police's 'Every Breath You Take' without permission - which statement is NOT true?
Police drummer Stewart Copeland wrote it
Sting earns $2,000 per day from the song
Police guitarist Andy Summers called it "a major rip off"
Sting and Puff Daddy sang it together at the MTV awards
This year, teen sensation Olivia Rodrigo was accused of plagiarising Elvis Costello on her song 'Brutal' - what was his reaction?
He demanded a songwriting credit
He sued her for $5 million
He said "it's fine by me"
He asked to see her driver's license
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