http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2013/20130404forty
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2. Harlem Shake Features Unlicensed Samples That Could Cost Baauer and His Label Dearly.
http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2013/20130311shake
Considering that Harlem Shake has been at the top of the Billboard top 100 chart for three weeks (as well as scoring high on charts around the world), and has so far sold 816,000 downloads in the US alone, it's not surprising that Delgado and Musson are seeking compensation from Mad Decent Records, who put the record out last year.
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Judging from similar previous examples of unlicensed (commonly called uncleared) sample use, the label may have to pay them a large portion of the revenue it has accumulated from the track – including the ad revenue from YouTube, which Billboard has estimated currently stands at about $83,500.
Steve Lukather – guitarist, singer and songwriter with Toto – has spoken about his surprise when he heard his voice on Roger Sanchez's hit "Another Chance". Sanchez had sampled the first line of the verse from the band's "I Won’t Hold You Back," and it was repeated throughout the song. As the Toto track was both sung and written by Lukather, he said the final settlement gave him 90% of the royalties Sanchez’s recording accumulated – apparently enough to buy him a house.
