Wolfgram Subject Guides: Plagiarism : Pop Culture Examples

Pop Culture Examples

'Blurred Lines' on Their Minds, Songwriters Create Nervously
Songwriter Robin Thicke and collaborator Pharrell Williams and TI are sued for copyright infringement by the family of Marvin Gaye.
Harvard President Resigns After Mounting Plagiarism Accusations
President of Harvard University accused of plagiarism in 1997 doctoral dissertation.
Lawsuit Over Lyrics in Taylor Swift Song is Dismissed
Swift had been accused of stealing lyrics from a 3LW song released in 2000 that contains the lines "Playas, they gonna play/And haters, they gonna hate."
Nora Roberts Sues Brazilian Writer Who She Says Plagiarized Her Work
Romance novelist Nora Roberts sued Brazilian romance novelist for copyright infringement.
The Plagiarist's Tale: The Author of "Assassin of Secrets" had a secret of his own.
Author novel was written almost entirely of other author's own sentences.