(Berlin, DE) - German DJ/Producer Ulrich Schnauss is suing Rock band Guns N' Roses and the Interscope-Geffen AM label for illegal use of two copyrighted samples which belong to Ulrich on their track Riad N' the Bedouins. Allegedly the band is being accused of stealing snippets of Ulrich's tracks Wherever You Are and A Strangely Isolated Place.

To be honest we can say they do sound strangely similar by comparison. Ulrich is demanding the sum of one million dollars paid to him for the illegally obtained samples.

The track in question was released on Guns N' Roses latest album entitled Chinese Democracy on which they have accumulated the profits of 3.2 million sold copies. Guns N' Roses are denying these allegations to the fullest extent claiming that they do not believe any unauthorized samples were used in the making of this track.

Here are video clips on YouTube where the tracks by Ulrich can be heard so you can judge for yourself.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jn604M1IfDk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dm39G26PGAo


Once you have listened to those, compare the sounds to the Guns N’ Roses release which can be found here:

http://www.clipser.com/watch_video/1036773


We guess we will see how this plays out in court or whether a settlement agreement can be reached. This is not the first time such allegations were brought against Guns N' Roses but we certainly hope they have learned their lesson by now.



Source: http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=.../> sic+Magazine

That's straight up thievery, same sample they just layered another sound over that one to make it seem different. I hope he wins.

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sounds very similar

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