Comment A lil' bit mo' (Score 1) 492
This reminds me of a case dating to the 90's, where DJ Rolando's "Knights of the Jaguar" was totally ripped off by a big record label (was it Sony?). It was totally the same song, only released under a different artist name. Well, Underground Resistance got really pissed and in the end, I guess DJ Rolando won.
This is a tricky situation though. If the original MOD was not copyrighted (ie. not submitted into TEOSTO, the Finnish copyright system), then I guess there's nothing "legally" wrong that Timbaland & Co. have done. Electronic dance music has a long history of plagiating / stealing others work, so nothing new under the sun. If you don't want others to fuck you over, you submit all your releases into the copyright system and get a good lawyer. If not, well, that's the breaks.
If ya'all feel so upset about this and feel sorry about someone ripping off a MOD, why do you insist on ranting about it on /.? Why not set up a Paypal account and start making donations to the original MOD composer!
I'm not on Timbaland's side, but hip-hop and rap is about reusing existing music, preferably stuff that would never be heard otherwise because no-one has ever heard about the original band/project. If "Tempest" makes the old MOD more famous now than it ever was, is that a bad thing?
This is a tricky situation though. If the original MOD was not copyrighted (ie. not submitted into TEOSTO, the Finnish copyright system), then I guess there's nothing "legally" wrong that Timbaland & Co. have done. Electronic dance music has a long history of plagiating / stealing others work, so nothing new under the sun. If you don't want others to fuck you over, you submit all your releases into the copyright system and get a good lawyer. If not, well, that's the breaks.
If ya'all feel so upset about this and feel sorry about someone ripping off a MOD, why do you insist on ranting about it on
I'm not on Timbaland's side, but hip-hop and rap is about reusing existing music, preferably stuff that would never be heard otherwise because no-one has ever heard about the original band/project. If "Tempest" makes the old MOD more famous now than it ever was, is that a bad thing?
