"Clear as mud" as Jim wrote.

I recently heard a sample that you can buy on Splice. It's basically a guy humming/beat boxing the bass line from Rapper's Delight (Sugar Hill Gang), which is also the bass line in Good Times (Chic), which is also a bass line from an older more unknown soul record.

Imagine 10 different people buy that sample from Splice and use it unaltered on 10 different tracks that are all published on Spotify. Who will sue who?
It is hard to believe that a jury "consisting of ordinary people" would say it is fair use.

Edit: Oh, and I think attorneys love the "mud" with contradictory or unclear rulings, because that is how they get clients!

Will

Last edited by Will Josef; 05/25/19 01:11 PM.