[Bloody Sam Roberts]

The thieves call it sampling. A simple obfuscation to allow them to justify/rationalize a good old fashioned ripoff.

[nickcarraway]

In 1964 Bobby Womack wrote a song called called It's All Over Now, and it was a minor hit. While it was still on the radio, he found a out a British band had made a cover of it. They had never contacted him, and he was very unhappy about it.

Meanwhile, this new British band had their first no. 1 hit in the U.K. with their version, and did okay in the States also. Womack started getting some nice-sized checks in the mail. After that, he didn't mind the fact the Rolling Stones covered his song.

[dfwgator]

They figure it’s even stevens for rock bands ripping off blues artists.