![]() ![]() That’s actually quite disappointing, given how few cases there have been that actually ruled on the fair use of sampling. ![]() Upheld the lower court’s fair use finding, with a quick and to the point ruling - though they made it a summary order, which means that the panel of judges “believes that no jurisprudential purpose is served by” the order, and thus it shouldn’t be cited in future cases. Thankfully, the 2nd Circuit appeals court has now Still, in the age of Blurred Lines-like decisions, and the influx of similar lawsuits over mere inspiration, it seemed unlikely that we’d ever get a clean ruling on whether or not certain types of sampling - such as those that use tiny bits or that alter the sample significantly - were fair use. As we noted in that post, it is stunning how bad courts have been in determining whether or not sampled music is fair use - with a couple of famously preposterous rulings on the book, including one where the judge seemed more focused on giving biblical justifications for his rulings, rather than Constitutional ones. ![]() Two and a half years ago, we wrote about a nice fair use victory for Drake with regards to a track that he had sampled. ![]()
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