Hey all;
Does anyone know much about the current state of affairs re: taking loopers to court?
Specifically, suppose someone sampled a loop, say a drum break, from an artist notoriously opposed to it... the Rolling Stones, Sade, or the like.
And, suppose the sample was just 2 bars, or maybe a bar, i.e., less than 10 seconds. And suppose the producer put all kinds of new stuff on top, so that the original loop was part of a totally new piece of music (this is common, eh?)
Have there been any court cases suing people for just 1 or 2 bars of "unauthorized" drums? I'm not talking about bass line hooks, ala Superfreak or Under Pressure... just beats, or little guitar licks ... an example here would be the way P'taah used a tiny snip from Hang Up Your Hangups.
(I always thought "Turn My Back On You" should've been sampled)
-Steve-
np Dexter Gordon... Our Man In Paris... unbelievable!
ps... did anybody make a dub of Jazzadelica f. e:trinity last weekend?
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Wed Jun 21 2000 - 04:19:58 MET DST