A Californian judge this week sided with Nicki Minaj over one key aspect of her copyright dispute with Tracy Chapman: the sampling of uncleared music behind closed doors in the studio definitely constitutes fair use.
However, the other key element of the case – focused on how Minaj’s unreleased track with an uncleared Chapman sample got to a New York radio DJ – will proceed to a full jury hearing.This dispute relates to a track Minaj intended to include on her 2018 album ‘Queen’.
Said track, called ‘Sorry’, sampled Chapman’s ‘Baby Can I Hold You’. But Minaj’s people couldn’t get clearance on the use of the sample, so ‘Sorry’ was dropped from ‘Queen’ at the very last minute.
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