Ethical and Legal Issues When Working with Digital Information
Hello fellow online classmates, I decided to choose “Surfin’ USA” and “Sweet
little Sixteen”. There is no specific reason for choosing this topic instead of the others other than I like
both songs. The real-life plagiarism that happened was Chuck Berry’s “Sweet Little Sixteen” tune was
used by The Beach Boys in a song called “Surfin’ USA”
-What are the ethical issues related to this plagiarism?
-Describe the plagiarism that occurred.
Chuck Berry of course owned all copyrights to the tune in which the Beach Boys ended up.
“stealing” or using. A copy right is used to protect an individual’s Intellectual property. Brian Wilson of
The Beach Boys claimed the song “Surfin’ USA” declared he made the track himself. When Chuck Berry
ended up accusing The Beach Boys of stealing his tune copyrights were given to Chuck Berry by the band
manger. Berry did not end up receiving credit for his song for about 25 years which is completely.
absurd.
Find another example of real-world plagiarism and share it with the class.
Here's two more examples.
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George Harrison
of Beatles fame got into some boiling water when his song “My Sweet Lord” sounded a
bit too much like The Chiffons’ “He’s So Fine.” Harrison was charged with copyright infringement and had
to pay $587,000 for his error. retrieved from
Famous
Plagiarism
Cases (And How They Could've Been
Avoided) | Quetext Blog
-In 2016 Melania Trump was accused of plagiarism when she gave a speech at a national convention.
It is said that Melania Trump used the same examples and described the same things with close
similarities to a speech made by Michelle Obama in 2008. 10 Most Famous Plagiarism Cases in
History. Retrieved from
http://poweredbyorange.com/10-most-famousplagiarism-
