The 9th Circuit just handed a win to remix artists in a Madonna “Vogue” sampling case. (VMG Salsoul v. Madonna, 9th Cir. June 2, 2016.) Madonna had sampled less than a quarter of a second of a song, and the 9th Circuit held that this was “de minimis” — an explicit rejection
m.metropulse.com/news/2014/feb/12/legislation-designed-pay-performers-pre-1972-music/ … An entire article on pre-1972 recordings #copyright — ignores disparity b/w terrestrial, satellite, internet radio.
Greg Ginn suing Henry Rollins & other Black Flag members for TM & (c) on Black Flag. http://consequenceofsound.net/2013/08/black-flag-sues-flag-henry-rollins-for-copyright-infringement/