doubleKO said:
In the Prodigy song "Climbatize" the main drum loop was sampled from "Air Drums from Outer Bongolia" by English electronic duo The Jedi Knights.
Liam Howlett sampled the drums without the group's permission, and The Jedi Knights threatened to sue The Prodigy. However, Howlett already knew that The Jedi Knights themselves had sampled the drums from an older track entitled "Bongolia" by American funk group Incredible Bongo Band without permission.
XL Recordings, the Prodigy's record label, bought the rights to the Incredible Bongo Band track and threatened to sue The Jedi Knights. Media coverage of the event attracted film producer George Lucas, who sued The Jedi Knights for taking their stage name from the Star Wars term "Jedi Knight", which Lucas created.
Yet, he's apparently left the bands Nerf Herder and Droid alone. Go figure.
I still marvel that Lucas actually got a copyright on droid.