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This reminds me of Under Pressure and Ice Ice Baby, the latter also having to pay up.
by redm 7y ago
This reminds me of Under Pressure and Ice Ice Baby, the latter also having to pay up.
- seanmcdirmid 7y agoIn that case, the baseline was directly ripped off, it wasn’t just “sounded similar”, it was an actual sample.
- goda90 7y agoIf sampling to create new art were better protected, then cases like this wouldn't even come up. The documentary "Good Copy Bad Copy" was talking about this 12 years ago
- rtkwe 7y agoYeah I think we're long overdue to reevaluate what copyright means in music. I think it should be much closer to how we treat fashion where anything but a direct rip off is 100% fair game (and that is even more about trademarks because the actual design can't be copyrighted).
- gsg21 7y agoBut to hear Vanilla Ice explain it is pretty hilarious - https://youtu.be/6TLo4Z_LWu4 https://youtu.be/6TLo4Z_LWu4
- Sahhaese 7y agoIt's nothing like that because in that case, the latter directly sampled the former.
- cwzwarich 7y agoBut in that case, Ice Ice Baby sampled the recording of Under Pressure verbatim.
- xxs 7y agohttps://xkcd.com/159/ https://xkcd.com/159/ Leading with that relevant xkcd Under pressure likely features the most recognizable bass line of the 20th century. So even claiming new art would be deeply influenced by the former