In this week’s podcast, Lisa has an in-depth conversation with Deborah Mannis-Gardner, of DMG Clearances. Deborah is arguably the leading expert in the industry for music rights and clearances. Deborah clears samples for musical recordings, film, television, and video games.

Sampling has become a multi-billion dollar industry for the underlying copyright owners. Many music artists and producers simply don’t understand the business of music sampling: what constitutes a sample, how to clear samples and what happens if you fail to clear a sample. Lisa has a frank conversation with Deborah, the music clearance guru who has cleared music for every genre and nearly every artist in the music industry, including such legends as Prince, Led Zepplin, U2, as well as today’s superstars such as Drake, Jay-Z, Kendrick Lamar, DJ Khaled, John Legend, Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Mariah Carey, and Beyoncé.

Lisa and Deborah review the basics of copyright and dive into what a sample is, how that differs from an interpolation, how the rights holders get paid, and what that means for the producer and the artist in terms of their share of ownership and the bottom line financially before moving into discussing synchronization licensing and master use rights and licenses.

If you are in the business of music, this episode of The LegaliTea is tailor-made for you.

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