July 2008
Lil Wayne Sued For Stones Copyright Breach
A music publishing company that owns the rights to the Rolling Stones' song "Play With Fire" sued rapper Lil Wayne
May 2008
Kanye West, record labels sued over jazz samples
The lawsuit said all the rappers used portions of Farrell's 1974 musical composition "Upon This Rock" in three separate songs -- West in "Gone," Common in "Chi-City" and Method Man and Redman in their song "Run 4 Cover."
March 2008
Des maisons de disques bousculées par la rue, par Thomas Blondeau (Le Monde diplomatique)
Née à une époque où les albums de rap étaient encore rares, la mixtape est devenue le bastion de la créativité du rap, un lieu de liberté artistique totale.
November 2007
Why hasn't Diddy tried to save music sampling?
Why would Combs, one of the biggest names in hip-hop, fail to defend sampling? Maybe it was simply inadvertence. Maybe it was a strategic decision. Or maybe it was more calculating.
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