> > Well, yeah, I see the point, and we would never know why he started court > action. > > The point though, is that the guy stands to lose everything he has, and > quite frankly, $500,000 to the Beastie Boys' record co. is nothing really, > and bearing in mind they did use his sample, I think the least they could > do would be to pay the costs.
well i think the least they can do is not get into a situation with another artist where they run up $500,000 in costs alone! still it's got past that now... > Remember, he'll still end up with nothing, > and they did use a sample from his music to make a vast profit. Big fat > corporate mess this one, cos it's unlikely they'll back down........ yeah agreed...very ugly > If this was a UR sample or something, and UR were getting sued (and were > doing a similar e-mail publicity campaign), then would you say the same > thing? :) robin... --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]