In this episode of the Power of Pro Bono podcast, Berkeley Law students and AIR members Brooke Henderson, Dallin Johnson, and Plakshi Jain speak with special guests Sandy Wilbur, a forensic ...

A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that rap artists should pay for every musical sample included in their work -- even minor, unrecognizable snippets of music. The 6th Circuit panel said federal ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jared is attorney for music, entertainment, and digital media. AI companies like Suno and Udio are training on musicians' catalogs ...

Music sampling is a widely used and important technique in modern music production. Sampling involves taking portions of pre-existing recordings and incorporating them into new compositions. Although ...

The practice of music sampling, which is the integration of pre-recorded sounds into new musical gestures, experienced a golden, unregulated age in the late 1980s that is almost unimaginable today.

We often hear about artists getting into legal trouble over music sampling, so find out what is and isn't allowed in the industry. Copyright law is a complex and ...

Kanye West is no stranger to sampling songs for his music—but his antisemitic behavior has resulted in more pushback over the years. He’s a prolific unlicensed sampler, resulting in at least 14 cases ...