Intellectual Property
Nov. 6, 2003
Sour Note for Jazz Musician Who Sued the Beastie Boys
SAN FRANCISCO - Sounding off in a controversial case pitting a popular rap group against an avant-garde jazz musician, a federal appeals court held Tuesday that sampling a six-second, three-note sequence in a hip-hop song did not amount to copyright infringement.
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