By Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Judges appear to be getting more and more skeptical of music copyright lawsuits. In the latest ruling, a federal judge has thrown out a suit claiming that the 2003 Josh Groban song “You Raise Me Up” was based on an Icelandic song from 1977 called “Soknudur.” The plaintiff, Icelandic singer-songwriter Johann Helgason, hired Judith Finell, the expert musicologist who helped the family of Marvin Gaye win the “Blurred Lines” copyright case against Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke.
But in a ruling on Friday, U.S. District Judge Andre Birotte found that Finell’s findings in the “Soknudur” case were unreliable. “The Finell Reports fail to describe reliable principles and methodology, fail to apply such
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