Ice Ice Baby

[ferlew]

Did they steal the music from Queen, "Under Pressure" ??

[tonyav]

Yes, it's called sampling, ferlew.

[tonyav]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a01QQZyl-_I

[ferlew]

Ok, thanks..... Dinosaur here.

[tonyav]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rog8ou-ZepE

[ferlew]

Mmmmm don't like it, credit where credit's due and all that.

[Stephen_G]

He denied it at first, because he claimed that because of the extra beat, that it wasn't Under Pressure. Read the second paragraph under Lyrics and Music

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Ice_Baby

[andy-hughes]

Sampling is very common now, and can lead to court cases where permission is not sought and appropriate royalties are not paid.

Plaigarism, even when unintentional, is also actionable - the late George Harrison was successfully sued by the writers of He's So Fine by The Chiffons, he claimed ignorance of the similarity, which is not seen as a valid excuse in law.

The 'jury is still out' on Paul Weller using The Beatles' Taxman riff for his song Start! and recently, Robin Thicke should be coughing up to the estate of Marvin Gaye for stealing Got To Give It Up so blatantly.

The list goes on - too long to list here though.

[factor-fiction]

When you get to the age many of us have reached you can recognise parts of almost every new song. Sampling is very common now and I assume it's acknowledged. Daft Punk sampled one of their own songs in their number one hit Get Lucky earlier this year. In other cases (e.g. Robin Thicke) it isn't sampling but it seems too similar to something else to be just a coincidence.

[factor-fiction]

Hi Any- the Jam were pretty good at 'copying', particularly on their later stuff. A Town Called Malice was an example- the intro was straight from a Motown classic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfpRm-p7qlY