Dr Dre fined £1m for copying bass line

[West C. Connected]

Everybody's getting sued these days, just 'cause Dre's rich..
C'mon, how many people sampled plenty of shit and never got caught?
I bet James Brown didn't aprove ALL of them trackz that was sampled.

[Trauma-san]

Nah... and George Clinton REALLY got screwed, even the people that got clearance didn't pay him, he sued the hell out of priority a few years ago.  

[DX from A.T.L.]

Nah... and George Clinton REALLY got screwed, even the people that got clearance didn't pay him, he sued the hell out of priority a few years ago.  

No, that's incorrect, George sold his publishing many years ago, so whenever folks, like Above The Law, sampled any of his songs, the money went straight to his publishing, which was owned by the independent record label, that he sold his publishing too. Which meant that the indie label (not Priority) got paid and he didn't get a penny from that. I believe he tried to buy his publishing back from the label and they refused to sell it back to him (since it's worth a grip). I think it's a shame that they would do that, since it's his art and livelihood. All Priority did was distribute his old catalogue.

[Trauma-san]

Oh, thanks for clearing that up then.  

[Don Seer]

kinda like how MJ bought the beatles stuff... and how mccartney is pissed at him for that..

i felt sorry for GC when i heard he's made fuck all from his legacy over the years its been sampled etc

[Quakaveli]

when your the best, you get hated on from every direction.  props to DRE

yup...

but Dre should have been waay smarter than that, forreals.. and traum...I mean Mista America...Ill let that comment slide, ...cuz its from "Mister America", LOL....

[dexter]

Someone sounds envious,

[.:TimeLock:.]

they must be family to eminem's mom