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Grand Upright Music, Ltd V. Warner Bros. Records Inc.
The art of sampling, Crime or creativity, up until 1991 Grand Upright Music, Ltd v. Warner Bros. Records Inc., 780 F. Supp. 182 (S.D.N.Y. 1991) US Rapper Biz Markie taken to court for the complicity of “sampling” Gilbert O’Sullivan’s music without prior consent which perpetually changed the face of sampled music culture forever. Contrast to that there had been a carte blanche, a musical freedom and expression of art within music that gave artists opportunity to come up with ground breaking innovative music made from parts of other people's material utilising digital samplers which help define genre’s and influence modern day popular music. Subsequently all the time Hip Hop was under the radar no one cared, however when it grew and real money
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