The Justified Ancients Of Mu Mu are in trouble with the Mechanical Copyright Protection Society over uncredited 'excerpts' on their LP, '1987' — Abba are threatening to sue over the use of chunks sampled from their songs.
Leader of JAMM is ex Bunnymen manager (and fruitcake), Bill Drummond, so this ruckus could be either a big publicity stunt, or a genuine case for the Law Lords. The end of sampling as we know it? Gulp...
Publisher: Making Music - Track Record Publishing Ltd, Nexus Media Ltd.
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