> Back in the day there was a lot of copying of pop tunes by 8 bit
> musicians - the C64 demoscene for example, and even in commercial
> games - I recall one of Jean Michelle Jarre's pieces as the intro
> music to Yie Ar Kung Fu! for example - which I am not sure was
> licensed??
>
> Still, in my opinion, no-one beat Rob Hubbard.. but even he did some
> copying of JMJ's stuff - Zoolook IIRC.
>
> James
>
>
> On 1/4/12, James Warden wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I recently tried to help James Morris with the Arnold TNG emulator. By
>> doing
>> so, I tried the ZapTBall game provided by the Arnold TNG website and to
>> my
>> surprise, the music theme is a near copy of the old Depeche Mode song
>> called
>> "Photographic".
>>
>> Here is a link to the Depeche Mode song:
>>
>>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUP5W10wGEA
>> If you jump to 1mn27sec, you will hear the melody that the game is using.
>> Not only this melody but also the subsequent solo and tone changes are
>> nearly the same. Does someone know this ZapTBall game and whether the
>> music
>> theme is legal ? It sounds to me like a case of plagiarism.
>>
>> J.
>