i think the infringed upon have a few years to sue for damages but can issue cease and desist orders so long as they continue to own (and can prove) their copyright. that means the samples have to be cleared after the fact or the sampled material has to fall into the public domain (decades from now).


>if so, that's interesting. i wish sampling restrictions were
>less rigid. i get it, make your money, but come on.

sample suing is a potential cash cow and not just for the original artists (sometimes not them at all because they don't own their masters or are dead)