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3030360, apparently the statute of limitations for copyright infringement
Posted by Reeq, Wed Feb-17-21 09:34 AM
is 3 years.
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20190605-nine-most-notorious-copyright-cases-in-music-history
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The segment on the track formed the foundation for jungle in the 90s, and arguably the genre of drum & bass wouldn’t today exist without it. Despite this, the writers never received any royalties, due to statute of limitations for copyright infringement in the US being just three years.
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im sure each case is different and there are obviously some conditions/criteria otherwise met where people sue and get legal remedies beyond that point (we have seen artists have to pay up for older sampled work). but the statute of limitations does exists and artists have been barred from compensation in the past.
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