How to Use Unlicensed Samples to Make Money

While fair use is a defense it still means you got to go to court yeah also anybody associated with the legal world any attorney who is a ridiculous historian when you hear people who are not lawyers talking about fair use i can only imagine that your your chest tightens and your stomach drops. A lot of producers do get away with using unlicensed samples right break beats drum solos there are also tons and tons of tracks that get lost in studio limbo they never see the light a day fast forward several decades someone comes in they say oh wow i really like this hook from this unreleased 1960s thing  and they may not even know if it's cutting room floor stuff. You have to read