A federal jury has ruled that Kanye West must pay more than $400000 after determining that an uncleared sample was used ...
On the Wednesday May 8th, episode of #EverydayStruggle, DJ Akademiks, Nadeska and Wayno discuss Logic venting about sample clearance issues while working on his upcoming album 'Confessions of a ...
Drake recently released 100 Gigs for Your Headtop and made headlines with tracks like It's Up, Housekeeping Knows, and Blue Green Red. However, the track Blue Green Red has recently come under ...
In the contemporary musical landscape, “sample clearance” refers to the formal procedure through which an artist or producer gains legal authorization to incorporate a fragment of an existing ...
It’s been a whirlwind few months for KueenD, the 30-year-old Dallas rapper behind “Shake That a$$,” a slinking, clapping single designed to torch late-night dancefloors. Working with the producer D ...
The issue of sample clearances is just one of the ways the music industry elite entrenches power and wealth for decades past the point of relevance. Ruthless legal manuvering allowed The Rolling ...
Two rights involved: Every sample touches both the musical composition copyright and the sound recording copyright, requiring permission from each rights holder. No safe snippet: There’s no guaranteed ...