Guns N’ Roses, et. al. sued for copyright infringement

Two groups owning the licensing rights to German electronic musician Ulrich Schnauss’ Wherever You Are and A Strangely Isolated Place have sued the band and producers of Guns N’ Roses for copyright infringement.

The alleged infringement, which occurs in the first 40 seconds of Guns N’ Roses Riad N’ The Bedouins from the band’s long awaited Chinese Democracy, seems to borrow from both of the Schnauss songs at issue.

Wherever You Are by Ulrich Schnauss:

A Strangely Isolated Place by Ulrich Schnauss:

and  Riad N’ The Bedouins by Guns N’ Roses:

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