Timbaland pulls an Eric Bauman
Created on: January 15th, 2007
(This is my first attempt at a longer, synced YTMND. Hope it turns out okay.)
Ringtone: http://msntg.zingy.com/selectItem.php?kind=xt&code=03576
SomethingAwful thread: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2274635&perpage=
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He should have done legal action. He'd have gotten a settlement just to avoid the bad press.. as it stands, there's nothing we can do. Unlike eBaum's, the world of rap is mostly isolated from the word of us "net warriors" to the point they have probably never even heard of any site that is not MySpace or YouTube.
Actually there really is nothing illegal about the distribution of the free ringtone, though no credit is given, all rights are released when he released the song to the public seeing as how it wasn't the actual song that was posted, but rather the data/code to be converted to music by the end user (think ala music sheets). BUT seeing as how Timbaland probably was given some money indirectly, through a contract to produce a certain amount of "free" ringtones, it isn't right and credit SHOULD be given.
SIDs and MODs were both great music formats. You could have hours of music with random tunes and sounds and they virtually used no memory. I guess this guy thought he could get away with it because not enough people would know. Well, glad there are a few good people spreading the word. It makes my blood boil when some sleaze is taking credit and making money from an honest man. He's got a point about the situation being hopless though.
rrrrrRRRGGHHHAAAAAAAAAHHHH!! THOSE F*CKERS!! F*CK THEM ALL! I KNOW THIS SONG! I've LOVED this song for YEARS! I HAVE THE ORIGINAL MOD! I listen to acidjazzed evening ALL THE TIME! TEMPEST! Please don't give up! Please don't roll over about this--they OWE YOU! that music is YOURS! You DESERVE the credit!! GET UP, man! GET UP and FIGHT! PLEASE! You deserve better than this! AT LEAST some royalties! ;_; This isn't fair...! They're not even acknowledging you... ... don't let them walk all over you...
What BS
This is why I think record labels should just shut up about their copyright crap. They've been stealing from the little guy for decades/centuries/who knows how long. It's ridiculous.
Also, the song was much better before he touched it. I don't like that Nelly Furtado version. It's pretty stupid and doesn't go with the music at all. And also she is lame.
Solid. Well presented ... I guess he figured, "Hey, some internet tracker no one's ever heard of, from England or some sh*t... it's public domain, right ? Who's gonna sue ?" ... Of course, they'd need to prove that this was put on a fixed medium before the song published... I'm not sure how the courts feel about mp3/tracker mods. And I assume there's no publishing/performance rights org. for Timbaland to pay mechanical rights to. And what jurisdiction ? Dunno. But I bet we see more of this soon.
I AM SO SICK AND GODDAMN TIRED OF HEARING SPED UP CHORUS LINES FROM CLASSIC ROCK SONGS PUT IN THE BACK OF SOME SH*TTY BEAT BY SOME HACK RAPPER. THEY ARE STEALING CULTURE AND ALL THEY ARE DOING IS TAKING THE PEAKS FROM THE MUSIC AND HANDING IT OVER TO IDIOTS AND US WHO CANT HELP IT BECUASE IT IS SHOVED DOWN OUR GODDAMN THROATS EVERYWHERE WE GODDAMN TURN> THANK YOU FOR THIS. TIMBLANAD SUCKS< FERGIE SUCKS< THE PUSSYCAT DOLLS SUCK< THE NEW KILLERS ALBUM SUCKS>P DIDDY SUCKS.
Wtf is with this? This sh*t happens every day int he music industry. It happens every day in almost any major industry. WHO GIVES A F*CK? The only reason ebaums goes under attack is because most of the people he steals from never even got 15 mins of fame. Or he f*cks with a sites user base who mostly consists of people that have half a life at best and need something to occupy thier time. And I'm not excluding myself in this rant because I am one of those users lol. I'll give you a two just because your rat
"It is Time that YTMND's true nature shall be heard throughout the world, we
are the protectors of the weak, and the honest, and the noble. We at YTMND
must bring justice to an injustice, we cannot live another day while people
out there steal for profit and fame, are you all with us, or against us,
lets let the world know NOW !!!!!!" Omfg, that is so lame. Ytmnd has no value whatsoever outside of the silly internet entertainment that has become so trendy, and I don't see that changing. Ever.
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oh noes, timbo sampled from a free loop running around a series of tubes. how about, if you're going to put your music on the internets, and you're afraid of these types of things happening, voicetag and/or copyright it. don't get mad because some 8bit song you submitted in a contest one evening gets "stolen" by a producer who probably assumed the artist wouldn't care given its quality. besides, the SID version sounds like a bad Street Fighter II MIDI.
And for the record, I DO think that people who get paid substantial amounts of money by sampling off of others should give credit where credit's due. But come on...both this song and the original blow. 1'd because of the "OMG RAPPERS ARE ALL THEIVES" attitude implied in the YTMND and expressed in the comments.
"Hip Hop is dying, which actually used to be a decent genere of music back when they could actually make an orignal song." - Interpol ...BACK WHEN hip-hop first started out, every beat out there was derived from looped cuts and drum breaks "stolen" from old jazz, funk, or disco tracks. Synths and live instrumentation didn't gain prominence until the mid-90's, earliest. Don't pretend you love the genre's "oldschool" variant when you clearly hate the tools used to create it.
Timbaland steals, big deal. So does half the internet kids on here who pirate (er sorry, I mean "try out") ISOs, Apps, mp3s, blah blah. Sampling/stealing has been a hallmark of hip-hop for years. Hell, I hate to imagine how many pirated copies of photoshop are used to create all the gifs on this site lol. I am guilty of thievery too but I admit it and don't go out and demonize others who are doing the same.
yeah, if the artist sits back like a scared little sh*t I'm prolly gonna be more mad about rappas stealing sh*t...he/she needs to step forward and sue this sh*tty rap f*ck (not artist f*ck cause there is no talent in rappin) and f*cking bring him down! and his label and then set a presedent and take all of rap down (mainly hip/hop cause there hasnt been a real "rapper" since 1988) Bring em all down...ban their music and start a holocaust! fo shizzle mah nizzle
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Meh, he sampled 3 loops from an 8 loop song. That's not exactly copying the entire song. He also added additional layers to the 3 loops to give it a fuller and outright better sound. He did a few other things also to make it distinctive from the original and if you juxtapose them with the same timing you'll notice a real difference. Also it's funny how noone publicizes when white artists jack from black artists however when a black artist samples (albeit without recognition) a white artist, it's everywhere.
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