# About rap songs and sampling other music

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-rap-songs-and-sampling-other-music/205166>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 2, 2003, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-rap-songs-and-sampling-other-music/205166 "2003-10-02T18:18:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-rap-songs-and-sampling-other-music/205166/21 "2003-10-09T20:27:35Z")

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Here’s a good article on clearing samples and other copyright issues (though I can’t vouch for its veracity, since IANAL):

[http://www.ibslaw.com/melon/archive/205\_sampling.html](http://www.ibslaw.com/melon/archive/205_sampling.html)

In brief, yes, you have to pay.

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