Originally Posted by: aschlemanThey tried but the courts ruled it out after Ice claimed his had one extra note......................................[/quote]
Actually, it was settled out of court, ie: "give us $X and we won't to through the expense of raping you to the full extent of the law."


[QUOTE=aschleman]If Spirit was so distraught about it, you'd think they'd try to sue also... but apparently people on forums are the only ones that really care...

How do we know they didn't try?

One thing to consider is that Copyright laws are much stricter now than they were 30 or 40 years ago; Spirt may have approached a lawyer, made their case and have been told "we're never gonna win this."

Add in that about 75% of all "news" to cross the editor's desk gets cut from the final broadcast or printing and that media reporting is already very selective and finicky, there's just no way to know.