The story really seems to be getting around. Leading Finnish newspaper
Helsingin Sanomat reported the allegations in its culture section on Jan 20. Quoting the entire item below, translation by yours truly:
American producer suspected of stealing a Finnish song
U.S. magazine
Rolling Stone has raised a suspicion in its online edition that the hit song
Do It, performed by Nelly Furtado and attributed to producer Timothy Mosley a.k.a. Timbaland, was composed by Finnish Janne Suni.
In the magazine's discussion forum several people hold the opinion that the song is clearly the same composition as
Acid Jazzed Evening, created by Suni on his computer in 2000. Earlier this week the controversy was reported by [Finnish tabloid]
Ilta-Sanomat, in which an electronic music expert stated in an interview that when compared, the two songs proved nearly identical.
Suni has not been asked for permission to use the song, and no copyright fees have been paid to him. He gives his view of the incident at his website
http://www.fairlight.fi/tempest.
