Cases
& References For Lawyers & Other Geeks :
Cases are in reverse chronoligical order. From most recent to oldest.
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Bridgeport Music v. Dimension Films
Decided:
June 3, 2005
410 F.3d 792; 2005 FED App. 0243P (6th Cir.); 74 U.S.P.Q.2D (BNA) 1865;
Copy. L. Rep. (CCH) P29,017
The Sampled Song: "Get Off Your Ass and Jam" by Funkadelic (Described by the Court as a 2-second, three note guitar sample.)
The Song Containing the Sample: "100 Miles and Runnin'" by NWA
Related Links : Decision : I Got The Hook Up
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Positive Black Talk, Inc. v. Cash Money Records, Inc.
Decided:
December 17, 2004
394 F.3d 357, 2004 U.S. App. LEXIS 26372, 73 U.S.P.Q.2D (BNA) 1321;
Copy. L. Rep. (CCH) P28,924
The Sampled Song: "Back That Ass Up" by DJ Jubilee
The Song Containing the Sample: "Back That Azz Up" by Juvenile
Related
Links : Decision
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Bridgeport Music, Inc. v. WB Music Corp.
Decided:
July 22, 2004
376 F.3d 615, 2004 U.S. App. LEXIS 15141, 2004 FED App. 0233P (6th
Cir.); 71 U.S.P.Q.2D (BNA) 1729
The Sampled Song: "Get Off Your Ass and Jam" by Funkadelic
The Song Containing the Sample: "99 Problems" by Ice-T
Related
Links : Decision
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Decided:
November 4, 2003
349 F.3d 591, 2003 U.S. App. LEXIS 22635, 68 U.S.P.Q.2D (BNA) 1740; Copy.
L. Rep. (CCH) P28,692
The Sampled Song: "Pass the Mic" by Beastie Boys
The Song Containing the Sample: "Choir" by James W. Newton
Related
Links : Decision
This case spawned the following law review articles:
- Claiming Infringement Over Three Notes is Not Preaching to the "Choir:" Newton v. Diamond and A Potential New Standard in Copyright Law, 10 B.U. J. SCI. & TECH. L. 177 (2004)
- Newton v. Diamond: Measuring the Legitimacy of Unauthorized Compositional Sampling - A Clue Illuminated and Obscured, 26 Hastings Comm. & Ent. L.J. 119 (2003)
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Abilene Music, Inc. v. Sony Music, et al
Decided:
June 18, 2003
320 F. Supp. 2d 84; 2003 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 10366; 67 U.S.P.Q.2D
(BNA) 1356; Copy. L. Rep. (CCH) P28,628
The Sampled Song: "The Forest" by Ghostface Killah, Raekwon, & The Alchemist
The Song Containing the Sample: "Wonderful World" Bob Thiele (a.k.a. George Douglas) and George Weiss, as songwriters. Note: no recording of the song was sampled, however the song was partially performed by the Defendant.
Related Links : Decision
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Toho Co., Ltd. v. Priority Records, LLC, et al
Decided:
March 26, 2002
2002 US Dist. Lexis 14093, CV 01-04744-SVW
The Sampled Song: "Godzilla's Theme" from the release, The Best of Godzilla 1954-1975
The Song Containing the Sample: "Simon Says" by Pharoahe Monch
Decision not currently available
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Decided:
August 24, 2001, Decided
60 U.S.P.Q.2D (BNA) 1051
The Sampled Song: "The Symphony" by Marley Marl (as well as, "Hard to Handle" performed by Otis Redding)
The Song Containing the Sample: "Ghetto Symphony" by Snoop Dogg
Related Links : Decision
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Armstrong v. Virgin Records, Ltd.
Decided:
April 3, 2000, Decided
91 F. Supp. 2d 628; 2000 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4316; 54 U.S.P.Q.2D (BNA)
1539; Copy. L. Rep. (CCH) P28,099
The Sampled Song: "Planetary Citizen" by Mahavishnu Orchestra
The Song Containing the Sample: "Unfinished Symphony" by Massive Attack
Related Links : Decision
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Fantasy, Inc. v. La Face Records
Decided:
November 10, 1998, Decided
1998 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 20931; 49 U.S.P.Q.2D (BNA) 1148
The Sampled Song: "Mr. Big Stuff" by Jean Knight
The Song Containing the Sample: "Switch" by TLC
Decision not currently available
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Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc.
Decided: March 7, 1994
510 U.S. 569, 114 S. Ct. 1164, 127 L. Ed. 2d 500
The Sampled Song: "Pretty Woman" by Roy Orbison
The Song Containing the Sample: "Pretty Woman" by 2 Live Crew
Related Links : Decision
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Grand Upright Music Ltd. v. Warner Bros. Records, Inc., et al
Decided: December 16,
1991
780
F. Supp. 182, 1991 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 18276, 22 U.S.P.Q.2D (BNA) 1556; Copy.
L. Rep. (CCH) P26,878
The Sampled Song: "Alone Again (Naturally)" by Gilbert O'Sullivan
The Song Containing the Sample: "I Need a Haircut" by Biz Markie
Related Links : Decision
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Notable Law Review Articles :
- "When
is A CD Factory Not Like a Dance Hall?: The Difficulty of Establishing
Third-Party Liability for Infringing Digital Music Samples", Rebecca
Morris, Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal, 2000, 18 Cardozo Arts
& Ent LJ 257.
- "Rap
Music and De Minimis Copying: Applying the Ringgold and Sandoval Approach
to Digital Samples", Brett Kaplicer, Cardozo Arts & Entertainment
Law Journal, 18 Cardozo Arts & Ent LJ 227.
- "Digital
Sampling and the recording Musician: A Proposal for Legislative Protection",
Christopher Abramson, NYU Law Review, 1999, 74 NYU L Rev 1660. (Absurd
socialist approach to sampling, arguing that studio musicians should
receive royalties. If you ask me, the writer is a lunatic.)
- "Unauthorized
Digital Sampling in Musical Parody: A Haven in the Fair Use Doctrine?",
Margaret Watson, Western New England Law Review Association, 1999, 21
W. New Eng. L Rev 469.
- "A
Brief Return to the Sampling Debate", Matthew Passmore, Hastings
College of Law Communication and Entertainment Law Journal, 1998, 20
Hastings Comm. and Ent. LJ 833.
- "Unchained
Melody: Music Licensing in the Digital Age", Don Tomlinson and Timothy
Nielander, Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal, 1998, 6 Tex. Intell.
Prop. LJ 277.
- "Safe
Sound: Protecting Digital Sample-Based products Through Copyright",
Eric Leach, Whittier Law Review, 1998, 19 Whittier L. Rev. 805.
- "Copyright
Infringement and Access; Has the Access Requirement Lost Its Probative
Value", karen Bevill, Rutgers University Law Review, 1999, 52 Rutgers
L. Rev. 311.
- "Using
Law and Identity to Script Cultural Production: Legal Fictions, Copyright,
Fan Fiction, and a New Common Law", Rebecca Tushnet, Loyala LA Entertainment
Law Journal, 1997, 17 Loy LA Ent LJ 651.
- "An
Artist's Privilege", Niels Schaumann, Cardozo Arts and Entertainment
Law Journal, 1997, 15 cardozo Arts & Ent LJ 249.
Also see :
- INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY CRIMES, 9 Alb. L.J. Sci. & Tech. 235 (1999)
- DOES
A SONG BY ANY OTHER NAME STILL SOUND AS SWEET?: DIGITAL SAMPLING AND
ITS COPYRIGHT IMPLICATIONS., 43 Am. U.L. Rev. 231 (1993)
- SELF-HELP
& CONTRIBUTORY INFRINGEMENT: THE LAW AND LEGAL THOUGHT BEHIND A LITTLE
"BLACK-BOX', 11 Cardozo Arts & Ent LJ 905 (1993)
- Digital
Sampling: Creative or Just Plain "CHEEZ-OID?", 42 Case W. Res. L.
Rev. 1263 (1992)
- Multimedia:
The Convergence of New Technologies and Tradional Copyright Issues Act,
71 Denv. U.L. Rev. 635 (1994)
- MUSIC
COPYRIGHTS: THE NEED FOR AN APPROPRIATE FAIR USE ANALYSIS IN DIGITAL
SAMPLING INFRINGEMENT SUITS, 21 Fla. St. U.L. Rev. 135
- OH,
PRETTY PARODY: CAMPBELL v. ACUFF-ROSE MUSIC, INC., 8 Harv. J. Law
and Tec 193 (1994)
- Thou
Shalt Not Steal: Grand Upright Music Ltd. v. Warner Bros. Records, Inc.
and the Future of Digital Sound Sampling in Popular Music., 45 Hastings
L.J. 359 (1994)
- FAITH,
HOPE & PARODY: CAMPBELL V. ACUFF-ROSE, "OH, PRETTY WOMAN," AND PARODISTS'
RIGHTS, 31 Hous. L. Rev. 955 (1994)
- Law,
Art, and the Killing Jar, 79 Iowa L. Rev. 367
- HEALTHY
SAMPLING: DIGITAL MUSIC SAMPLING CREATES HIGH-STAKES CHALLENGES TO EXISTING
COPYRIGHT LAW FOR THE RECORDING INDUSTRY, 20 Los Angeles Lawyer
40 (1997)
- DIGITAL
SAMPLING AND THE RECORDING MUSICIAN: A PROPOSAL FOR LEGISLATIVE PROTECTION,
74 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 1660 (1999)
- MOTION
PICTURE COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND THE PRESUMPTION OF IRREPARABLE HARM:
TOWARD A REEVALUATION OF THE STANDARD FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTIVE RELIEF,
31 Rutgers L.J. 173 (1999)
- Copyright
Opinions and Aesthetic Theory, 71 S. Cal. L. Rev. 247
- MORAL
RIGHTS AND MUSICAL WORKS: ARE COMPOSERS GETTING BERNED?, 43 Syracuse
L. Rev. 1095
- THE
MIGHTY MORPHIN NINJA MALLARD: THE STANDARD FOR ANALYSIS OF DERIVATIVE
WORK INFRINGEMENT IN THE DIGITAL AGE, 4 Tex. Wesleyan L. Rev. 1
(1997)
- ARE
SAMPLERS GETTING A BUM RAP?: COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT OR TECHNOLOGICAL
CREATIVITY?, 1992 U. Ill. L. Rev. 559
- DIGITAL
SAMPLING AND COPYRIGHT LAW IN A SOCIAL CONTEXT: NO MORE COLORBLINDNESS!!,
14 U. Miami Ent. & Sports L. Rev. 218 (1996)
- "GIVE
THE DRUMMER SOME!"ON THE NEED FOR ENHANCED PROTECTION OF DRUM BEATS,
14 U. Miami Ent. & Sports L. Rev. 187 (1996)
- A
PIRATE'S PALETTE: THE DILEMMAS OF DIGITAL SOUND SAMPLING AND A PROPOSED
COMPULSORY LICENSE SOLUTION, 11 U. Miami Ent. & Sports L. Rev. 65
(1993)
- Reexamining
Copyright's Incentives-Access Paradigm, 49 Vand. L. Rev. 483
- UNAUTHORIZED
DIGITAL SAMPLING IN MUSICAL PARODY: A HAVEN IN THE FAIR USE DOCTRINE?,
21 W. New Eng. L. Rev. 469 (1999)
- THE
PIRACY GAP: PROTECTING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN AN ERA OF ARTISTIC CREATIVITY
AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE, 33 Willamette L. Rev. 245 (1997)
- "THEY DON'T MAKE MUSIC THE WAY THEY USED TO": THE LEGAL IMPLICATIONS OF "SAMPLING" IN CONTEMPORARY MUSIC., 1992 Wis. L. Rev. 1941
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