What I think claire is saying is that she nicked (alledgedly) a riff from masmada "drop the bass now". and put it into one of her own tracks, called something else I would imagine.

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Yep that's what i'm saying.

What I think claire is saying is that she nicked (alledgedly) a riff from masmada "drop the bass now". and put it into one of her own tracks, called something else I would imagine.

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Fair do's Liam, but I asked Claire if she knew what tune/s it was of DJ Minx that was ment to be the rip off...??

 

None of the stuff on the cd sounded/s familiar & as I say I think it's good & I will now look out for this Masmada to compare sound

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I can't remember the name of the tune from her off the top of my head, i'll find out though.

re "nicking" bits from other people's tunes...

 

There is a right way and a wrong way to go about it. The right way is to get in touch with the copyright-holder and get permission before you release the track. Otherwise you're breaking the law.

 

If you want to cover a tune (but not sample it) I believe you can do this via the MCPS/PRS Alliance without having to talk to the copyright-holder; this way a fixed percentage of your proceeds goes to the copyright-holder automatically.

 

(Will have to check my exact facts on that one.)

 

Yes sampling has always been a key element of dance music, but there is a big difference between lifting somebody else's work, barely changing it and passing it off as your own, and actually changing the riff/vocal/loop/sample/whatever and doing something creative with it.

 

Ultimately, a serial freeloader WILL become unstuck eventually. He/she will either get their ass sued, or at the very least get on the wrong side of people in the industry.