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.
