benjaminC wrote:garffi3 wrote:For a generic dubstep tune with 4sec diologue , proving my point the machines contains less than 4 secs lol
To be honest Id assume a decent label would make sure that every sample is royalty free before release??? Ive heard of people being asked to take samples out in case the owner ever sued.
We cover it by using standard release forms, a little form stating the artist is not aware of any sampled or copyrighted material. Then any damages the label would bare the brunt of fall squarely on the producer. Realistically, depending on the sample source, most people won't give two shits because you won't make enough money off the release to go through the effort and expense of court to only get the royalties from a release that sold 700 units.
And to be perfectly honest, we've (and every other label I know of) has put out music with uncleared samples, you just got to go in eyes open and be prepared to back up your artists and take the flak should it kick off (like it has done for us).
garffi3 wrote:Theres no law on free downloads
This and that 5 second thing is a complete balls. Any usage of someone else's work is supposed to go through the appropriate measures. You should read up on sampling laws and such, it's not THAT boring (tho a lot of it IS that boring). There are exemptions from having to declare sampling, such as an indistinguishable sample or for the use of satire, but you'd be hard pushed to use the latter in defence of some free giveaway mp3.