Which American band was involved in a 2005 legal battle against N.W.A. for unauthorized sampling of a song?
Bridgeport Music, Inc. v. Dimension Films Bridgeport Music, Inc. v. Dimension Films, 410 F.3d 792 (6th Cir. 2005), is a court case that has proved important in defining American copyright law for recorded music. The case centered on N.W.A.’s song "100 Miles and Runnin'" and Funkadelic's "Get Off Your Ass and Jam". Essentially, N.W.A. sampled a two-second guitar chord from Funkadelic's tune, lowered the pitch and looped it five times in their song. This was all done without Funkadelic's permission and with no compensation paid to Bridgeport Music, which claims to own the rights to Funkadelic's music.
Final Call (The Lost Tapes) Final Call (The Lost Tapes) is a previously unreleased studio album by rapper AZ, recorded in 2003 and 2004. It was originally set to be released in 2004 but was shelved because of a two-month early leak on the internet and press. Instead of "Final Call" the album "A.W.O.L." was released in 2005 and included the three songs "Magic Hour", "The Truth" and "Live Wire" of "Final Call" as bonus tracks. In 2008 "Final Call" was finally released under AZ's new label Koch Records.