Rip Offs

MarkAnthony · 11-03-2015 12:51AM #1

So had a great lecture last week in Intellectual Property where we just sat round listening to rippoffs. Saw today that there's been a case of Marvin Gaye being ripped off. What ripoffs do you know?

This one stunned me - The verve were sued over Bitter Sweet Symphony:

Wide Load · 11-03-2015 12:53AM

Led Zeppelin were some lads for it back in the day!

MarkAnthony · 11-03-2015 12:54AM

The other one that get's me is the Ghostbusters theme tune was a rippoff!

Depraved · 11-03-2015 12:56AM

Hey I was about to make a thread about this, but now I can't because you'll take me to court for copying your content!

Damn you to hell!!!

donegaLroad · 11-03-2015 01:00AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWMdiRq0XKE

artanevilla · 11-03-2015 01:01AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3RP2ZbYXtk

Mint Aero · 11-03-2015 01:03AM

I've never heard that OP. Always thought the verve had a cracker there but now that I've heard the original it's sooooo much better. Hate when people murder classics

donegaLroad · 11-03-2015 01:07AM

MarkAnthony wrote: »

So had a great lecture last week in Intellectual Property where we just sat round listening to rippoffs. Saw today that there's been a case of Marvin Gaye being ripped off. What ripoffs do you know?

This one stunned me - The verve were sued over Bitter Sweet Symphony:

the Verve got the permission of the Rolling Stones to use 'the riff' in Bitter Sweet Symphony... but when it hit the top of the charts, an ex manager of the Stones (forget his name) claimed he owned the rights of the Stone's material from that period and sued successfully.

Moral of the story.... write your own stuff and dont be a musical magpie, which is kind of difficult now because there isn't much music out there that sounds totally unique.

MarkAnthony · 11-03-2015 01:08AM

Mint Aero wrote: »

I've never heard that OP. Always thought the verve had a cracker there but now that I've heard the original it's sooooo much better. Hate when people murder classics

It's my favourite song, has a bit of an outburst of disbelief that entertained a few in the front row!

This got played by way of a bit of comic relief at the end!

Micky Dolenz · 11-03-2015 01:12AM

Got stung by a bee once.

€15 for a jar of poxy honey. :mad:

johnny osbourne · 11-03-2015 01:15AM

i'd sell my granny for $500,000

ok ok 200,000

Aenaes · 11-03-2015 01:18AM

Johnny Cash took Crescent City Blues and made it Folsom Prison Blues. He changed some words and the boom-chicka-boom sound is different but he ended up paying $75,000 (estimated, I think) in an out of court settlement.