Fredd-E wrote:Can someone explain to me on a fundamental level how such a thing comes to life?
I assume $UICIDEBOY$ (or their label) have to clear their tracks, with regards to sample usage, and as such have to contact the rightsholder of EYDIAB (I assume Warp) to see if they're ok with this. And additionally, a % of royalties will have to be paid to Warp and subsequently to BoC?
Or can they use the sample and pay royalties and be done with it without permission?
Do you think BoC has something to say in all this?
I know it's not the first time this happens, but in this case, it's pretty prominent sample usage and also such a key song of theirs. Strange I think.
The artists use samples to create the track, then the record company should be clearing the sampled materials with the respective publishers and negotiating what percentage of the publishing the brothers get and if they get a writing credit. The brothers are likely to be able to veto if they disapprove, you sometimes hear about tracks that don’t get released because the artist couldn’t get sample clearance. That’s how it should work for something like this where the sample is obvious, however if it was a sample of a drum break or a short snippet the artists might play coy about it and not disclose or credit the sample.
Occasionally you hear of record companies or artists saying “fuck it” and releasing something with uncleared samples and then there can be retrospective legal action.
