Showing posts with label Timbaland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Timbaland. Show all posts

Friday, June 19, 2009

Nelly Furtado, Timbaland facing copyright infringement lawsuit; Sify.com, 6/18/09

Sify.com; Nelly Furtado, Timbaland facing copyright infringement lawsuit:

"Canadian/Portuguese singer Nelly Furtado and producer Timbaland are facing a copyright infringement lawsuit from record label executives in Finland.

The two have been accused of borrowing segments of someone else's song to create the track Do It, which appeared on the singer's 2006 album Loose, and was a hit song in 2007....

And the record company bosses are planning to use Timbaland's own words against him by quoting him in their lawsuit. They claim the producer gave two radio interviews after the first accusations of plagiarism arose, and spoke about the allegations. He also attempted to explain his take on sampling a song and stealing it.

"Sample and stole is two different things. Stole is like I walked in your house, watched you make it... went to my house and told Nelly, 'Hey, I got a great song for you'," Contactmusic quoted him as reportedly telling one interviewer.

"Sample is like you heard it somewhere, and you just sampled. Maybe you didn't know who it was by because it don't have the credits listed (sic)," he had added."

http://sify.com/movies/hollywood/fullstory.php?id=14894825