November 10, 2004

Small, licensed samples ruled legal

The Beastie Boys sampled a small phrase of James Newton's Choir for one of their rap songs. When they did so, they paid a license fee for the privilege. Newton sued under copyright infringement. The Beasties won.

The sample consisted of three notes. Now, I wonder how this fits with the NWA/Funkadelic copyright decision.

Posted by Casper at November 10, 2004 09:53 AM
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