Read this if you are in the media business.  From online news  to bloggers this case will be one to watch.

http://news.bostonherald.com/jobfind/news/media/view/2008_12_23_GateHouse_Media_targets_Boston_com/srvc=home&position=also

Well, the headline says it all folks.  In this Times Online article, Wall Street Broker and former Nasdaq Chairman Bernard Madoff is about to (actually already has) screw countless New York socialites out of potentially everything they have.  Madoff had been pulling off a stunning years old Ponzi scheme that has reached over $50 billion dollars.  I don't care what era you are in folks, $50 billion dollars is a staggering amount of money to bilk. 

What is a Ponzi scheme?  It's like a pyramid scheme.  It operates within the investment world where people hand over their money out of greed.  They are promised they will get an abnormally high return on their investment.  Many early investors do get a large return on the money they entrust to the perceived arbitrage because it temporarily succeeds by way of the pyramid scheme concept.  People early on get their money back as promised because ...    more »

There is a saying, "Good artist copy, Great artist steal."  Sounds like someone trying to justify their behavior eh?  Well before I tell you who said that, consider this story...

Recently Joey Satriani has filed a law suit against Coldplay for stealing a musical sound; tantamount to plagiarism .  He's suing for any and all profits. The song in question is Viva La Vida. The question is now did Coldplay lift Joey Satriani's (IV V I vi) chord progression as Chris Martin's harmonic  (C,D,G,E) vocal melody for Viva La Vida?  It's almost a full measure (7 notes) which will most likely make it to court as the melodic line in question and diatonic chord progression are virtually the same.  While its not in the same key, the tempo is not exact but close enough which lend to the rhythms sounding similar.  Yet the four chords in Viva La Vida do match If I Could Fly.

AND THE GRAMMY GOES TO...
Coldplay is up for a grammy this year and Viva La Vida is a big reason. I'm certain I don't need to link to that video.  So let's just allow you to cross reference on your own to Joey's Satriani's 2004 instrumental If I Could Fly. Bear with it until it reaches approximately the 49 second point. What you should hear will take you to the 1:19 second point.

For a side by side comparison while BOTH SONG'S PLAY (overlap) AT THE SAME TIME... Wow... check out this comparison video:

So who does the famous quote of "Good artist copy, great artist steal." belong to?

None other than renowned artist, painter Pablo Picasso.

What does that mean?  To me it means Coldplay improved on Satriani's melody.