RE: sampling legalities, practically speaking

From: angedella isafella (notmusic@hotmail.com)
Date: Wed Jun 21 2000 - 09:01:06 MET DST

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    dear sir; it aintthesize ofthe sample its the size of your press run. if
    you are a dj oriented music where th "stars" only sell75,00 or less in
    units you aint worth it and they dont know tyou exist. it like making
    Peanuts cartoon with cursewords to hang around the office. how is United
    featrues too know. If they did find out they will send a stern warning for
    legalreasons.they ant gonna

    >From: "Shane Schaetz" <illwafer@uswest.net>
    >To: "Steve Catanzaro" <stevencatanzaro@sprintmail.com>, "acid jazz"
    ><acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
    >Subject: RE: sampling legalities, practically speaking
    >Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 20:19:07 -0700
    >
    >It's interesting you mention P'taah. I noticed that he sampled the same
    >shit I did off of Ralph Towner's "Solstice", which is much more than a
    >"tiny
    >snip" (on "Compressed Light"). I haven't heard of anyone getting in
    >trouble
    >for that stuff anymore, as it is very prevalent in the music that I listen
    >to.
    >
    >"Turn My Back on You", incidentally, was sampled by Awesome Dre and the
    >Hardcore Committee, and someone else that escapes me.
    >
    >Keep sampling.
    >
    >Shane
    >-----Original Message-----
    >From: Steve Catanzaro [mailto:stevencatanzaro@sprintmail.com]
    >Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2000 7:16 PM
    >To: acid jazz
    >Subject: sampling legalities, practically speaking
    >
    >
    >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?
    >

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