A June 18 Los Angeles trial date is set to determine if Madonna should pay for horn and string samples used on her 23-year-old dance hit “Vogue.”
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The complaint for copyright infringement, filed last July in Los Angeles federal court, alleges the singer illegally lifted elements of the Salsoul Orchestra’s 1975 dance tune “Chicago Bus Stop (Ooh, I Love It)” without permission from owner VMG Salsoul LLC.
“The unauthorized sampling was deliberately hidden … within ‘Vogue’ so as to avoid detection,” the lawsuit alleges.
Plaintiff’s attorney Robert Besser contends the alleged theft surfaced thanks to advanced sound technology that only became available last year.
The plaintiff is seeking unspecified damages, plus all profits made from sales of “Vogue.”
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That’s rediculas? Madonna is known for vogue, and the fact that these irrelevant people are asking for every profit off the song for the past 2 decades is insane, you don’t see madonna going off to sue lady gaga for born this way, these people need to check them selves.
Couldn’t hear the sample for 20 yrss and now they want money for it. Money grabbers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
These people are idiots. They want money for some sound that you cannot hear without a special peice of equipment.
I’m not surprised. She sampled Public Enemy’s Security of the Real World and James Brown’s Funky Drummer w out permission in Justify My Love. Also, her song Music sounds a lot like Debbie Deb’s When I Hear Music…it makes me dance.