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Madonna’s Vogue did not break copyright law, even though it contained a snippet of another artist’s song, a US court has ruled.<\/p>\n

The case revolved around a horn “hit”, which was allegedly lifted from the Salsoul Orchestra track Love Break.<\/p>\n

But the US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said the sample lasted less than a second, and would not have been recognisable to the general public<\/p>\n

“Without careful attention, the horn hits are easy to miss,” it said.<\/p>\n

Producer Shep Pettibone worked on both Vogue and Love Break. The one-note horn sequence in contention lasted just 0.23 seconds, the court heard.<\/p>\n

You can hear the original at 4’40” in this clip, and at 1’02” in Madonna’s track.<\/p>\n

“After listening to the recordings,” wrote judge Susan P Graber, “we conclude that a reasonable jury could not conclude that an average audience would recognise the appropriation of the composition”.<\/p>\n

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However, the court’s decision was not unanimous, with Judge Barry G Silverman arguing that the uncredited sample, if proven, would amount to theft.<\/p>\n

“It is no defence to theft that the thief made off with only a ‘de minimis’ part of the victim’s property,” Silverman wrote.<\/p>\n

He said a copyright of a recording amounted to a “valuable property right, the stock-in-trade of artists who make their living recording music and selling records”.<\/p>\n

The ruling could lead to short samples becoming more commonplace.<\/p>\n

However, as The Hollywood Reporter points out, the California court’s decision directly contradicts a 2006 case presented in the 6th Circuit (Tennessee).<\/p>\n

That revolved around an NWA song that sampled a riff from George Clinton’s band Funkadelic. At the time, a 6th Circuit judge wrote: “Get a license or do not sample. We do not see this as stifling creativity in any significant way.”<\/p>\n

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