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"Javier Miranda V." wrote: > > I thought you could "quote" up to two bars of whatever it is, that beyond > two bars you were infringing. Two bars of musical notes. Which is a topic entirely different from sampling. For sampling, there is no such thing as a established fair use limit for quotations, and there are regional differences. In Europe, you need permission from the license owner whenever a sample is recognizable and of artistic merit - mere drum loop samples often are not considered the latter in court, but the more popular and recognizable a sample is, the less likely it is legal. As a rule of thumb: No matter how short the sample may be, if people who do not have a musical background beyond mainstream radio recognize that it is sampled from something they know, you would probably lose in court - and if they can even name the artist or song title, you almost certainly will... Sevo -- Sevo Stille sevo@ip23.net