The Supreme Court sided with a music producer in a copyright case Thursday, allowing him to seek more than a decade’s worth of damages over a sample used in a hit Flo Rida.
The Supreme Court sided with a music producer in a copyright case Thursday, allowing him to seek more than a decade’s worth of damages over a sample used in a hit Flo Rida song. The 6-3 decision came in a case filed by Sherman Nealy, who was suing over music used in the 2008 song « In the Ayer, » by the rapper. It also was featured on TV shows like So You Think You Can Dance. Nealy’s suit says he didn’t know his former collaborator had signed a deal with a record company while he was in prison that allowed the sampling of the song Jam the Box.
