Talk:List of songs subject to plagiarism disputes

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Feedback from New Page Review process

I left the following feedback for the creator/future reviewers while reviewing this article: Thank you for this informative new article. I am a bit confused by the "Year" column. Is this the year that a dispute was raised or first litigated? I happen to know a lot about Led Zeppelin's misdeeds in this area, and the "Year" column may cause confusion between the date of an accusation and the date of a final settlement, which could be many years later..

---DOOMSDAYER520 (Talk|Contribs) 21:50, 31 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I've been slightly confused by this also. Because the lead mentions that some disputes are still ongoing, I've taken the year to signify the start of a dispute – but I don't know whether that's necessarily the best approach.

Another thing to add is that there appears to be many songs omitted from the list. (I appreciate it's early days, of course.) Several come to mind for me; it's probably best to let Category:Songs involved in plagiarism controversies be a guide. JG66 (talk) 03:25, 1 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The year is the year of the dispute. But other dates are not entered all the time. So perhaps the list needs another year column? It used to look like this Lightburst (talk) 03:28, 1 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Led Zep wins dispute of Stairway to Heaven

Article Lightburst (talk) 22:57, 9 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Chart Inclusion

it is interesting that kiss and elvis costello gave their plagiarists a pass, but it begs the question: what is the criteria for being included in this chart? if just some "perception" of similarity is enough (i.e. actual litigation not necessary), where then are "kodachrome" v "peacekeeper" and "theme for the masses" v "total eclipse of the heart" -- 2 of the more egregious examples of song theft out there.

also, if "creep" was found to have ripped off "the air that i breathe" how do they then have standing to sue "get free"?! is it a matter of radiohead's version being ruled "partially stolen and partially original" or are we talking music theft in one case and lyrics theft in the other? 66.30.47.138 (talk) 16:22, 13 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]