Sep 16, 2014
Found an interesting article about a music sample copyright law case with Jay and apparently its either pay a licensing fee for sample clearing or get sued. But the argument is more about tiny pieces and Jay makes a good point when he argues that "black letter law that words and short phrases are simply not protectable under the Copyright Act".
Source: TechDirt
For years we've written about the ridiculous state of copyright law around music samples. As you may or may not know, some of hip hop's early success stories were based on tremendous use of sampling, which most people assumed to be...
