Guns N' Roses 'Respond To Plagiarism Claims'
Published Wednesday, 7th October, 2009 at 12:49 PM
Guns N' Roses have addressed claims they have infringed copyright laws by sampling the music of Ulrich Schnauss on a song found on 2008's 'Chinese Democracy' album.
Schnauss' record label alleges the rock veterans used elements of 'ambient noise' from his songs 'Wherever You Are' and 'A Strangely Isolated Place', on their track 'Raid N' the Bedouins' - without obtaining permission.
The lawsuit seeks $1 million in damages.
Guns N' Roses manager Irving Azoff has responded by saying in a statement: "The band believed when the record came out and still believes that there are no unauthorized samples on the track."
"The snippets of 'ambient noise' in question were provided by a member of the album's production team who has assured us that these few seconds of sound were obtained legitimately."
"Artists these days can't read the minds of those they collaborate with and therefore are unfortunately vulnerable to claims like this one."
"While the band resents the implication that they would ever use another artist's work improperly and are assessing possible counterclaims, they are confident this situation will be satisfactorily resolved."
