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Saint
 Olave’s
 Law
 Society
 Journal

Joyce
 Hatto
  iTunes
 has
 used
 special
 software
 to
 find
  cases
  of
  musical
  plagiarism.
  Most
  notorious
  is
  the
  case
  of
  the
  pianist
  Joyce
  Hatto
  in
  2007,
  when
  the
  software
  identified
  the
  composer
  as
  László
  Simon.

  The
  case
  was
  described
  by
  a
  spokesperson
  for
  the
  British
  Phonographic
  Industry
  (BPI)
  as
  “one
  of
  the
  most
  extraordinary
  cases
  of
  piracy
  the
  record
  industry
  had
  ever
  seen”
  when
  over
  100
  recordings
  were
  discovered
  to
  be
  fraudulent
  a
  few
  months
 after
 her
 death.
  In
  conclusion,
  it
  is
  important
  to
  understand
  copyright
  law
  when
  taking
  inspiration
  from
  creative
  works
  when
  creating
  our
  own
  and
  to
  cite
  and
  give
  credit
  to
  authors
  where
  necessary
  in
  order
  to
  respect
  the
  legal
  rights
  associated
 with
 creating
 original
 works.

  REFERENCES

  •
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  November
  2009)
  UK
  Copyright
  Law,
  UK
  Copyright
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  Retrieved
  11
  August
  2013.
 (No
 permission
 needed).

  • (20
  December
  2011)
  ‘Introduction
  to
  Copyright
  in
  the
  Visual
  Arts’,
  Copyright
  in
  the
  Visual
  Arts.
  Retrieved
  10
  August
  2013.
  Artquest,
 Copyright.
 Retrieved
 10
  August
 2013.

 Duration
 of
 Copyright
 and
 Rights
  in
  Performances
  Regulations
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  section
  5.
  HMSO.
  Retrieved
  10
 August
 2013.
  Gambino,
  Megan
  (22
  June
  2011)
  ‘Ten
  Famous
  Intellectual
  Property
  Disputes’,
  Smithsonian
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  Retrieved
  10
  August
  2013

  Ellison,
 Kaitlyn
 (19
 April
 2013)
 ‘5
  Famous
  Copyright
  Infringement
  Cases
 (What
 You
 Can
 Learn)’,
 99
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  Retrieved
  10
  August
  2013.

  Capusan,
  Tudor
  F.,
  (17
  April
  2013),
  ‘The
  Difference
  Between
  Plagiarism
  and
  Copyright
  Infringement’,
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  Retrieved
 11
 August
 2013.

  Helligar,
  Jeremy
  (28
  October
  2011)
  ‘Sound
  And
  Vision:
  Beyoncé’s
  “Plagiarism”
  Controversies
  —
  Has
  She
  Been
  Caught
 Stealing,
 Or
 Is
 She
 Paying
  Homage
  (Again)?’,
  OurStage,
  Inc.
  Retrieved
 11
 August
 2013.

 (September
 2007)
 ‘"Joyce
 Hatto:
  The
  great
  piano
  swindle"’,
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  Life
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  Retrieved
 11
 August
 2013.

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