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What's with all the plagiarism legal cases in music?

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Sampling has always been in use within the music industry, and it’s a rare song that doesn’t owe something to the artists who came before... but in recent years we’ve seen an influx of headlines centred on plagiarism lawsuits – often involving some of the biggest stars.

So what's that about? Is music getting more derivative? Is the industry getting more litigious? To help uncover the answers,…