Sampling in music is long settled in the US - it is a copyright violation if not licensed, with the rare exception being cases where the sample is fair use: ht

Sampling in music is long settled in the US - it is a copyright violation if not licensed, with the rare exception being cases where the sample is fair use: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampling_(music)#Legal_and_ethical_issues https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampling_(music)#Legal_and_eth...