Spartacus: Blood&Sand stealing music from EB?

[Cute Wolf]

yeah... soory for that thing

[Ludens]

Given how these series are produced, I highly doubt that they would steal music from obscure (to them) internet sources. They don't seem to be working on a shoe-string budget, so no doubt they have a reasonably well-known composer working for them. It is of course possible that said composer took inspiration from EB, or more likely that he and TPC took their inspiration from the same sources. I doubt he'd be stupid enough to steal it, though. Even if copyright wasn't registered (which is not necessary anymore for establishing copyright), the possession of draft versions and similar already goes a long way to proving original ownership. Not to mention that such court cases are bad for the finances and reputations of everyone involved.

[Krusader]

TPC had access to music databases, ie sound libraries/databases of various instruments and such. He owned some pretty nifty music making software and no, its not Dance Ejay or such.
It seems said databases are widely used, as when he tried to make a Lusitanian music piece he used the "declare war horn sound" from Civilization IV without knowing it (TPC swears by CivIII)

[TancredTheNorman]

Perhaps the EB team could sue Starz for slander?

1. It is slander to make a claim of similarity between Spartacus Blood and Sand, and any program, game, documentary, drama, or mod that has any research, historical accuracy, or quality in it.

2. It implied members of the Europa Barbarorum team are involved with the making of a brainless ahistorical series that makes even 300 seem like Shakespear, another falsehood.

I'm not serious about slander lawsuits, there are too many of those, but I would make myself scarce if anyone suggested I had anything to do with Spartacus trash and more trash.