Flo Rida's Rights....

[SeanA]

I don't think that's right guys - you 'need' permission regardless of the length.

Even if Mr. Rida has to pay 50% royalty fees, if it's a hit then it will make him some cash - more importantly it adds sales to his albums/tours etc.

"Tours" being the keyword here. Artists make most of their money by gigging these days.

[elio_xh]

I think it's 10% - so depends on the length of the song.

But all this is more than 10% for sure. Just because he raps over the top doesn't mean that it is a new song.. or even a remix.

I remember in an interview somewhere, Justice said that their album Cross had hundreds of samples in it, ranging from 50 Cent, to Queen and Slipknot. But they said that the samples are so short that you can't really distinguish the songs unless you're listening for it. But these two scenarios are different, this is quite outrageous with Flo Rida. I mean look at him, he's even ripping off a US state for his stage name :P

[calgarc]

can't we all just agree that he should not be aloud to make music

[dj matt blaze]

I never understand the arguement. The artists being sampled give permission and are getting paid to let Flo Rida or anyone else use their material. I don't think Brenda Russel or whoever owns the rights to "Piano in the Dark" ever thought they would get paid any more royalties besides the countless 80s compilations the song appears on. I'm quite sure they are pretty happy because some producers and then a rapper decided to use a sample of the hook in a way they never thought of and are now getting paid for it.

[djchriswoods.co.uk]

if u read the sleeve notes, all credits will reside in there

[elio_xh]

I never understand the arguement. The artists being sampled give permission and are getting paid to let Flo Rida or anyone else use their material. I don't think Brenda Russel or whoever owns the rights to "Piano in the Dark" ever thought they would get paid any more royalties besides the countless 80s compilations the song appears on. I'm quite sure they are pretty happy because some producers and then a rapper decided to use a sample of the hook in a way they never thought of and are now getting paid for it.

But the thing is that Bingo players realistically will never get the recognition for the song that they deserve. Flo Rida is going to make millions off their work, adding some bad lyrics over it and not changing anything. It's not that he sampled the song, and mixed it with other samples to create something original like Daft Punk or others, he copied it from beginning to end. And what you're saying about getting permission is true, but it's not a fact of legal rights, it's a fact of moral rights. It's sad that it has come down to money, because I would feel horrible as an artist if my work is providing for someone else's living expenses and I get no credit for it. He's never going to thank or acknowledge Bingo Players for their part in the song, because in his eyes it's HIS song now. It's sad that we've come to that point where money rules everything.

[ekwipt]

It always comes down to money, Antlantic records is a subsidary of Warner Music International, who has 18.4% of all records sold in the U.S. I'm guessing Warner either also has the artists that Flo Rida uses or knows that he's such a bankable name bankrolls the use of the tracks in his songs.

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[dj matt blaze]

But the thing is that Bingo players realistically will never get the recognition for the song that they deserve. Flo Rida is going to make millions off their work, adding some bad lyrics over it and not changing anything. It's not that he sampled the song, and mixed it with other samples to create something original like Daft Punk or others, he copied it from beginning to end. And what you're saying about getting permission is true, but it's not a fact of legal rights, it's a fact of moral rights. It's sad that it has come down to money, because I would feel horrible as an artist if my work is providing for someone else's living expenses and I get no credit for it. He's never going to thank or acknowledge Bingo Players for their part in the song, because in his eyes it's HIS song now. It's sad that we've come to that point where money rules everything.

But you are forgetting 1 thing, most likely, the Bingo Players don't care. He didn't "copy" it, he was given permission and had to pay for it. The Bingo Players will make more money off of Flo Rida and his version then they did on their own. It's funny to me that this is the thinking now because everyone wants to be a rock star and center stage and is worried about recognition and being acknowledged. It appears in the liner notes, they don't get care that majority of people will have no idea that they made the track and I'm sure they were more than happy to give it to Flo Rida for a handsome fee and many incoming royalty checks for the downloads plus they will make even more when this song gets tons of airplay. Money always ruled everything, its nothing new. This is also something that had been going on since sampling started. I don't how many rappers have sampled countless records from the 70's taking entire instrumental verses, looping them and rapping over it.

Just go here and you will find out what exactly is sampled and from where....http://www.whosampled.com/

[sdrthedj]

I don't have a problem with what Flo Rida does. He is successful because people buy/listen to his music. He certainly isn't the fist artist, or the last. A few opionions on here seem more upset that he is more 'EDM' than other's.

Look at rap music, especially a lot of famous hip hop from the mid to late 90's sampled all kind of old artist. Dr. Dre was a master at sampling.

I really don't see what the big deal is. I like 'Wild One's'. Though it was a good song. 'Good Feeling' was produced by Avicii, and sampled his version of the sample from Eta James.

[manchild]

I don't understand the sudden outcry over this issue, Flo-Rida is not even close to being the first artist to have done this. I'm sure their are a bunch of "remixes" in your library, and songs w/ samples taken from other songs. Just cause you dn't like the music, doesn't make it wrong all of the sudden, or make it any more wrong than other songs you like that have sampled other music. Hating Flo-Rida is a dumb reason to have issue with what has been going on basically ever since music was created. C'mon man