Singer Vanilla Ice found himself in some hot water after he released the song "Ice Ice Baby." He was charged by David Bowie and Freddie Mercury of copying the baseline of their song "Under Pressure" which had been recorded several years earlier. Vanilla Ice claimed that he had changed the beat of their song slightly, so it technically stood as his own property. However, the similarities between the two songs were clear as day: Vanilla Ice had added a single beat to their song, and the courts didn't buy it. They determined that Vanilla Ice had indeed infringed on the copyrighted song of Bowie and Mercury, and he was ordered to come to a settlement with them. This settlement likely liquidated any profit he had made from the song, along with causing him humiliation and negative publicity.
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