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Marvin Gaye's family vs. Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams
2015, The Gaye family won
Metallica vs. Napster, Inc.
2001, Napster settled and agreed to block copyrighted material
The Beatles' Apple Corp vs. Apple Computer
2006, Settlement with Apple Computer able to continue in the music business
George Harrison vs. Bright Tunes Music Corp.
1976, Harrison found to have 'subconsciously' plagiarized
Queen vs. Vanilla Ice
1990, Settlement out of court
Tom Petty vs. Sam Smith
2015, Out-of-court settlement
Ray Parker Jr. vs. Huey Lewis and the News
1995, Settled out of court
Prince vs. Stephanie Lenz (Universal Music)
2015, Lenz won; Court upheld fair use
The Rolling Stones vs. The Verve
1997, The Rolling Stones won
Eminem vs. Apple Inc.
2005, Settlement in favor of Eminem
Jackson Browne vs. John McCain and the Ohio Republican Party
2009, Browne won; Received a public apology and financial settlement
M.C. Hammer vs. Rick James
2003, Settled out of court
James Brown vs. Kia Motors
2002, Settled out of court
Beastie Boys vs. Monster Energy
2014, Beastie Boys won
Chuck Berry vs. John Lennon
1973, Settled out of court
Gilbert O'Sullivan vs. Biz Markie
1991, O'Sullivan won
2 Live Crew vs. Roy Orbison (Acuff-Rose Music, Inc.)
1994, 2 Live Crew won; U.S. Supreme Court upheld fair use as parody
Paul McCartney vs. Sony/ATV Music Publishing
2017, Resolved out of court
The Gap Band vs. Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson
2015, Settlement; The Gap Band received songwriting credits
Bette Midler vs. Ford Motor Company
1988, Midler won
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