ABOUT
Sandy Wilbur is a forensic musicologist, songwriter, producer, and president of Sandy Wilbur Music, Inc. and Musiodata. She served as a testifying expert for Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke in the landmark Blurred Lines v. Marvin Gaye copyright case, a decision that significantly impacted the music industry’s understanding of the boundaries between musical inspiration and copyright infringement.
Wilbur is a contributing author to a forthcoming Oxford University Press book on forensic musicology, writing on “A Preventive Approach to Forensic Musicology.” She currently consults with advertising agencies, record labels, music publishers, music suppliers, and production companies to help identify and minimize potential copyright infringement and sound-alike risks before music is released.
Her career also spans music research, songwriting, and production. She worked with T Bone Burnett and the Coen Brothers researching the music for the Grammy-winning soundtrack and film O Brother, Where Art Thou? As a songwriter and producer, she has had more than 50+ songs recorded, including the international dance hit “Hit ’n Run Lover.”
Wilbur’s work increasingly focuses on the intersection of AI-generated music, human creativity, copyright, and musical similarity, bringing both a creator’s and forensic musicologist’s perspective to the rapidly evolving questions surrounding AI and music.