stackyFACTSPlagiarism is a dangerous game when lawyers have good ears. Studios have repeatedly been dragged into massive legal battles because a freelance composer accidentally—or entirely purposefully—wrote a battle track that heavily mirrored a famous rock band's hit single, resulting in frantic, expensive settlements.
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