Some may ask what plagiarism truly means. Plagiarism is basically cheating and stealing work that isn’t yours. “The unauthorized use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's own original work, as by not crediting the author.” (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/plagiarism ) Plagiarism can be done in books, papers, and even in music. Plagiarism is also illegal, and everyone should be very careful, and cite things when needed.
It is believed that Timbaland the producer of the song called “Do it” by Nelly furtado plagiarized. Due to the fact I was not familiar with the song “Do it”, I did some research, and looked up the song and herd Nelly’s song then I also listened to the song the song that Timbaland plagiarized from which is “Acidjazzed Evening.” After I listened to the songs I noticed that the song by Nelly has the same rhythm and harmony. Timbaland says that this whole situation “is stupid and ridiculous”. He also states that “he was only sampling from a video game, and that he doesn’t have time to do research on other beats”. I personally feel like this whole situation was a coincidence.
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