Ungovernable Hybridity

And if ‘vibes’ are now considered intellectual property, let us swiftly prepare for every idiom of popular music to go crashing into juridical oblivion. Because music is a continuum of ungovernable hybridity, a dialogue between generations where the aesthetic inheritance gets handed down and passed around in every direction. To try and adjudicate influence seems as impossible as it does insane. Is that the precedent being set here?
It’s okay if you hate Robin Thicke. But the ‘Blurred Lines’ verdict is bad for pop music. Chris Richards, Washington Post, March 11, 2015