How to Sample Music Without Getting Sued: The Curious Case of the Most Controversial Copyright
Using samples—snippets of someone else’s copyrighted material in your music—can be a bit of a legal grey area, but for years artists from nearly every genre have done it.
One of the first examples can be traced back to 1956 and the novelty song “The Flying Saucer” by Buchanan and Goodman. It used clips from 18 different chart toppers from 1955 and 1956, as well as a spoken “War of the Worlds”-style news report about a flying saucer.
Using samples in music may be part of American culture and history. But so is suing over it. Sampling lawsuits are almost as old as sampled music itself. Read more on Sonic Scoop to learn how to stay safe from litigation on your own releases.
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