US court forbids free sampling

As long as Samples were not
clearly recognizable, so the past law
practice in the States, the licenses for
it hadn´t to be clarified. Differently the
DJ culture (particularly inits beginnings)
would have had probably bad problems.
And even Vanilla Ice had the bass reef
of 'Under Pressure' for 'Ice Ice Baby'
first without clarifying the rights uses.
Now however.. recently in Nashville there
was a law suit with the 1991 dissolved
HipHop boys N.W.A. ...they used a 2-minute
(!!) George Clinton sample in their track
'100 Miles and Runnin' without having a license.
Ice Cube, Dre & CO didn´t give a damn, but the judge simply uttered "get a license or don´t sample" and also states that "we don´t believe that this decision derogates artist creativity!"
If this judgement should not be revised, it
became valid right and would not remain
only valid in the USA but globally. .
no more free sampling ...even if it´s 1 or 2 seconds only. tsk.



[Edited on 10-9-2004 by 7cut]

[Edited on 10-9-2004 by 7cut]

yeah, thats why people dont admit to making tracks that include samples, or use alliances (sp!) (different names). Mark ROnson did a massive cut up thing using loads of different tracks, but went under a different name. Obviously, it couldnt get released, but it got LOADS of radio play

but you can´t tell it´s a sample if it´s just two seconds......damn it.



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