Fortune Infinite would like to wish a Happy Birthday to our brother John "Cakes" Fuller out in Tampa, Florida grinding hard. Cakes is a video director as well as a hotel manager, and real estate agent. We at Fortune Infinite commend black men doing positive things. Today, June 17, 2009 Cakes turned 24 years old. It's a blessing to be black, male, and 24 these days. A BIG HAPPY BIRTHDAY from team Fortune Infinite!!! Keep grinding!!! A special shout out to Uncle Frank Myles in the picture on the right. We don't know you but we hear good things about you over here!!!
unFORTUNEate Person of the Day 6/17/09
Kernel Records, a music label based in Finland, has filed a lawsuit against music producer Timbaland and Pop singer Nelly Furtado. Kernel Records reports that Timbaland stole elements from a song previously recorded by Finnish artists in order to create the song "Do It." The song appeared on Furtado the singer's third album Loose in '06, which also featured hit singles such as "Promiscuous" and "Say It Right."
The Finnish record company alleges that production from "Do It" was taken from "Acidjazzed Evening," a song originally recorded in 2000 by composer Janne Suni. According to Kernel Records, Timbaland "knowingly and willfully stole" the song.
Timbaland responded by saying...
"This mess is ridiculous," he told Maryland-based radio show Elliot in the Morning. " I can’t really discuss it because it’s a legal matter. But that’s why people don’t believe it. It’s from a video game, idiot. Sample and stole is two different things. Stole is like I walked in your house, watched you make it, stole your protools, went to my house and told Nelly, ‘Hey, I got a great song for you.’ Sample is like you heard it somewhere, and you just sampled. Maybe you didn’t know who it was by because it don’t have the credits listed.”
Come on Timbaland...you got money brotha. Even if it came from a video game, clear the sample. Ya beats are fire...you definitely don't steal which we at Fortune Infinite agree with, but you been in the game too long not to know the legalities of the game!!! Good luck with that lawsuit!!!
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