Sampling Suit - West, Common, & Redman

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Rolling Stone reports:
Kanye West, Common, Method Man and Redman were all sued for sampling late jazz artist Joe Farrell’s 1974 song “Upon This Rock” without permission.

The case was filed in SDNY. Complaint below:

Read this doc on Scribd: Firrantello v West et al COMPLAINT

[Firrantello v. West et al., No. 08-cv-4785 (S.D.N.Y. filed 5/22/08)]

Blue Monk

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Yesterday, members of the jazz ensemble The Thelonious Monk Quartet (John Ore and Frankie Dunlop) filed suit against Thelonious Monk's record label (and others) for alleged copyright infringement and bootlegging arising from the broadcast of live musical perfomrances of the artists while members of the ensemble.

OTCS imagines the following defense could be fatal to plaintiffs: WORK MADE FOR HIRE! Time will tell...

[John Ore; Francis Dunlop; Robin Dunlop v. Thelonious Records Inc.; Thelonious S. Monk Jr. aka TS Monk; Peter Grain; filed 11/29/2007; CV-10681 SDNY]