Saregama India was recently in the news over a lawsuit they had initiated against Timbaland and The Game for allegedly sampling one of their tracks in the song, 'Put you on the game' (YouTube Link) from The Game's 2005 album, 'The Documentary'. After the Dr.Dre/ Truth Hurts incident I was curious about the song in question and the amount of alleged lift. The Hindi song sampled is SD Burman's (or RD Burman's, depends on which version you believe!) Aradhana hit, 'Baagon mein bahaar hai'. The strangest thing is the length of the sample! It was the famous 'Na na na' part which is sung as the answer to Rajesh Khanna's cheeky third question! The sample is used more like an afterthought, towards the end of the song. A lawsuit for this seems quite amazing considering the treasure trove of lifted songs Saregama holds in their music bank - plagiarized by composers across the years. Just because our country doesn't care about copyright laws, Saregama seems to be safe. If at all our legal system gets slightly stronger on this front, I'm sure Saregama will in a massive soup!
Listen to Put you on the game (relevant edit) | Baagon mein
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Friday, May 9, 2008
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