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Music Pirates?

The heirs of 20<sup>th</sup> century songwriting master Harold Arlen <a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/ArlenCopyright-COMPLAINT.pdf"><strong>sued dozens</strong></a> of the world’s largest music streaming and distribution services – including Apple, Amazon and Google – Thursday, claiming they’ve joined with music pirates to sell knocks-offs of Arlen’s best songs including “Over the Rainbow,” “Get Happy” and “Come Rain or Come Shine.”

LOS ANGELES – The heirs of 20th century songwriting master Harold Arlen sued dozens of the world’s largest music streaming and distribution services – including Apple, Amazon and Google – Thursday, claiming they’ve joined with music pirates to sell knocks-offs of Arlen’s best songs including “Over the Rainbow,” “Get Happy” and “Come Rain or Come Shine.”

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