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A high-stakes dispute forcing copyright law to confront a long-standing problem: how to define ‘originality’ for the protection of musical works.

A high-stakes copyright fight is closing in on a moment that could alter how reggaeton is made, credited, and monetized. According to Puck, the case was filed by representatives of Jamaican production ...

Lila Iké grew up surrounded by music, in a small town in the green mountains of Jamaica. "Christiana, where I was born and raised, is a community where music literally oozes out of every fabric of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Famous reggae rhythm section and producing team Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare. (Credit: Lynn Goldsmith/Corbis/VCG via Getty ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Drummer Sly Dunbar, who, along with his partner, bassist Robbie Shakespeare, formed a rhythm section and production team that ...

Born Lowell Fillmore Dunbar in Kingston in 1952, he was instrumental in shaping not only reggae but rock, dance and hip hop with his longtime collaborator and bassist Robbie Shakespeare, who died in ...

Sly Dunbar, two-time Grammy award-winning reggae drummer, has died at the age of 73. He produced several tracks from Bob Marley to Bob Dylan and was one-half of the influential reggae rhythm section ...

After his death aged 73, we look back at a selection of the hundreds of tracks the Sly and Robbie drummer had a hand in making It isn’t Sly Dunbar’s most spectacular performance as a drummer – ...

Drummer helped to define the sound of roots reggae and dancehall, and worked with stars including the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan and Grace Jones Sly Dunbar, the Jamaican musician and producer who ...

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