On Sept. 7, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Nashville held that a two-second sample infringed the sound recordings copyright. The three-judge panel in Bridgeport Music Inc. et al… ...

A songwriter says his oft-sampled 1975 soul track was used without permission in Ricch's megahit. By Bill Donahue A new copyright lawsuit claims that Roddy Ricch stole elements of his chart-topping ...

Making music from samples has been popular ever since sampling was invented. And while today's increasing reliance on huge sample libraries only makes the task easier, it also creates its own mess of ...