EPISODE · Jul 26, 2023 · 4 MIN
5 DRIVE EXCLUSIVE - AKA MUSIC SAMPLING
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Music sampling, it's like the remix of the legal world. But here's the catch - you can't just spin any part of a song into your track without the right permissions. We're talking about the 'master', the original recording, and the 'composition', the melody, lyrics, and structure. We chat to Cameron Bilson – Associate at Dooghe Attornery about:South African Copyright Act of 1978 is the DJ in this club, setting the rules. It says, you gotta get permission from the copyright owners, which could be the record label, the artist, or the composers and their publishers. This is what we call 'clearance'.Now, what's off the decks? Without clearance, you can't legally use any copyrighted material. This includes melodies, lyrics, and even specific beats from a sound recording.Remember the recent face-off between Caiphus Semenya and the late rapper AKA? Semenya claimed a 50% share of royalties from a song on AKA’s posthumous album, alleging that AKA sampled one of his songs without permission.
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