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Trøen Arnesen Quartet: Tread Lightly

by Friedrich Kunzmann
June 16, 2021

The line that separates borrowing from stealing can be quite narrow in music, and even after judges rule on the matter, one may remain torn between the one and the other. It continues to be a very common issue in the mainstream pop world as the recent ruling against pop stars Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams for ripping off Marvin Gaye's “Got to Give It Up" in their 2013 world-wide number 1 hit “Blurred Lines" shows. Although not nearly as ...