“Borrowing” Music IV: Stop! Lawyer Time!
“Borrowing” Music
“Borrowing” Music II
“Borrowing” Music III
In the 80’s and beyond we have the phenomenon of not only borrowing melodies and chord progressions, but actual recordings. Rick James sued MC Hammer (later, just “Hammer”) for sampling “Super Freak” (1981) to construct “U Can’t Touch This” (1990) without giving the proper credit (and share of the songwriting royalties).