Comments on: Beastie Boy sued for sampling on day of death http://paidcontent.org/2012/05/08/beastie-boy-sued-for-sampling-on-day-of-death/ The economics of digital content Sat, 25 May 2013 21:53:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Daniel Stein http://paidcontent.org/2012/05/08/beastie-boy-sued-for-sampling-on-day-of-death/#comment-96723 Wed, 09 May 2012 13:43:26 +0000 http://paidcontent.org/?p=208083#comment-96723 Ironically, Adam Yauch in the song “Shadrach” which is one of the songs sited, makes reference to the Beasties THEN battles with sample suits. He rhymes:

“Got more sneakers than a plumber’s got plyers,
got more suites than Jacoby and Meyers”

(Jacoby and Meyers is a law firm)

No Sleep till… RIP in Brooklyn MCA.

]]> By: William Neville http://paidcontent.org/2012/05/08/beastie-boy-sued-for-sampling-on-day-of-death/#comment-96647 Wed, 09 May 2012 10:40:26 +0000 http://paidcontent.org/?p=208083#comment-96647 This is the music business equivalent of patent trolls. Someone finds a heavily sampled artist or write and buys or creates an agreement to administer and license said artist or writer. All with the intention of suing multiple parties for recordings that have been public and known for 20+ years.

]]> By: Jeff John Roberts http://paidcontent.org/2012/05/08/beastie-boy-sued-for-sampling-on-day-of-death/#comment-96407 Tue, 08 May 2012 21:54:39 +0000 http://paidcontent.org/?p=208083#comment-96407 Thanks for the head’s up, Andy.. I’ve updated accordingly

]]> By: Andy Sternberg http://paidcontent.org/2012/05/08/beastie-boy-sued-for-sampling-on-day-of-death/#comment-96404 Tue, 08 May 2012 21:47:12 +0000 http://paidcontent.org/?p=208083#comment-96404 TufAmerica is not a band it’s the “exclusive administrator and licensee of the copyrights” in question. The band is the not-so-obscure Trouble Funk, a go-go style funk band from DC in the early 80′s.

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