Monday, February 03, 2003

More Hip Hop Sampling Woes Reuters is reporting that a federal judge in Los Angeles has granted Indian composer Bappi Lahiri a preliminary injunction prohibiting further sale of the song "Addictive" by Truth Hurts. Lahiri claims that Truth Hurts' song sampled heavily from his song "Thoda Resham Lagta Hai," without proper attribution. Lahiri termed the copying an act of "cultural imperialism."

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