I expect he's starting with samples, then if it works out, re-creating it himself in order to make it entirely his own,
bit like us taking someone else's work and messing about with it, then when it goes down super well, re-creating it in such a way that we don't get sued by the BBC or tread on another b3tans toes or whoever.
It's not super-crime and probably not his intent to fuck with these people but rather to just be able to get his musical mashes out there with minimal fuss and payouts, however, NOW that he's got super wealthy and gained uber kudos from it, that's where it goes bad and folks will get pissed off, 'cos that should be partially they're money and kudos for making the original piece he copied.
He should just admit it and apologise, say he fucked up, pay the folks he nicked the work off their dues, and then continue in that vein for his future works, 'cos we're all used to music makers using samples these days, there's no shame in it if you do it properly.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Timbaland_plagiarism_controversy looks like he's decided to be a god-complex jerk and throw his lawyers at it instead tho, what a prick.
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..wil, Sat 11 Oct 2008, 14:11,
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The correct way to do it,
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Break_from_the_Norm
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Elvis of Nazareth This isn't a sig, it's a fucking liberty., Mon 13 Oct 2008, 10:15,
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