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I will take this moment to post my short track: (Damn) It, Bobby:
https://open.spotify.com/track/2j80yFoqk0Y65mrSqWYMh2
I believe the sample I used is short enough to avoid litigation, and I haven't been sued yet ๐ค๐พ
do you have a non-spotify link? I like bandcamp personally, which is to say i dislike it the least. i need to get another ipod
Here you go:
https://youtu.be/xS5hz-_maAI
It's also on almost all streaming services.
If anything it's too short
Hate to break it to you, but you could use a fraction of a second from another copyrighted work and if the owner can prove it, they can start legal action. There is no "short enough" that makes an uncleared sample legal to use, just increasingly plausible deniability (e.g. I didn't sample that snare hit from you, I made it from scratch). If the sample is distinguishable enough, you can't really make that case.
If you're serious about making money from music, you're gonna want to start clearing your samples (or using royalty free ones) before it blows up in your face.
FWIW though, unless you make something that gets particularly popular though, first action will probably just be a takedown request rather than a lawsuit. If you happen to make a track with an uncleared sample that goes on to become reasonably popular though, that's when they'll come for a big sum of money.
TBH the song I posted is less than 2 minutes long and, if it were to blow up, I have no problem giving King Of The Hill their piece.
As far as clearing my samples goes: all samples I use are royalty free and/or I can provide receipts for my purchase of them. This particular song I used a clip of Hank only saying "Bobby" and "Damn it, Bobby". Everything else is 100% me. I have no fear of anything blowing up in my face, and the track has been up roughly a year with no flagging for unauthorized sample usage.
Fair play man, just highlighting shit that has burned some friends of mine.
If it ever looks like you're gonna get anything from tracks like that though, just clear it, half of the time you just get a free "yeah go for it"