[Nikolaj]

Nicks, following Sting’s lead from years ago with Diddy’s sample of “Every Breath You Take,” did not allow Destiny’s Child or Beyonce to get any royalties at all. Rock on, Stevie! --someone claimed, and viv was kind enough to pass along.


Do we know this to be so? That Stevie kept all of the "Bootylicious" publishing? I doubt it to be so. Normally, with sampling, there is a substantial fee paid to the original writer and producer, and they are credited in liner notes. In the case of 'Bootylicious'- the lyric that Beyonce wrote had a right to be copyrighted as her lyrics, but not the music. I doubt SN would have been wanted in the video had she insisted on keeping all of the "royalties"- A clue the blogger is uninformed- the issue would be the publishing, I believe. It may have been part of the arrangement made- being in that video exposed Stevie to a new generation who didn't know her, and I'm sure she got her share of sampling royalties, or even co-authorship, SN wrote the music, but Destinys Child certainly got 'royalties' off the sales.
I dont think Stevie would be able to keep all publishing on Bootylicious- and considering Waddy has said SN lifted 'EOS' from a Police riff, it may be even less likely.
I wonder if Sting forgets that the entire melody and arrangement of 'Every Breath You Take' was directly stolen from Melanie Safka's cover of 'Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow' written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin, but The Police completely stole the plucky arrangement from the Melanie version. I believe at the time the band paid Safka's husband a fee, and the Melanie song barely charted years before, but if you are able to track down Melanie's 'Will You Still Love Me'-- the music is identical to 'Every Breath You Take', even tho the song wasn't written by her. So, maybe only the arrangement was stolen- but stolen it was. They are too identical sounding for it to be a coincidence.