Above The Law

All Samples NOT Cleared!

by Pedro December 10, 2009 Above The Law

Almost every hip-hop fan has heard of Biz Markie. His personality and wacky songs are legendary. Biz Markie is also well-known in the legal world; particularly in the world of copyright law. Biz Markie was involved in probably the first and certainly the most publicized illegal sampling case of all time. This case literally changed [...]

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Sampling Legally 101

by Pedro June 2, 2009 Above The Law

My name is Pedro aka “P” and Kevin has asked me to drop a little bit of legal mumbo jumbo on the site in as plain English as possible. Hopefully, from time to time, I’ll post article on different subjects surrounding music and the law. I’ve been visiting KevinNottingham.com almost daily for a good minute. [...]

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