Saturday, June 21, 2008

Coldplagiarism!

Everyone remembers the infamous case of Vanilla Ice who was accused of ripping off the hook from Queen and David Bowie's 'Under Pressure.' Well, now we have a case for the internet age- with a guy named Andrew Hoepfner (lead singer of a band named Creaky Boards) who has a video on YouTube claiming that Coldplay's new single, Viva La Vida is, in fact, ripped off from his song.

So, watch and compare:

Coldplay
Hoepfner.

I have to say, I wish I knew more about copyright law and intellectual property and all that stuff, because I don't know how any of this works. I really don't. I know that having listened to both songs they do sound similar but I don't know if they're similar enough to win a court case.

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