The boom in copyright lawsuits is rattling the music industry, to the point where some artists are taking out insurance policies. “There is a lot of confusion about what’s permissible and what’s not,” says Sandy Wilbur, a forensic musicologist who served as an expert witness for the defense in the “Blurred Lines” case. Because cases are decided by “the average listener, who is not an educated musicologist or musician,” she notes, “labels are very afraid.”
Source: How Music Copyright Lawsuits Are Scaring Away New Hits