It certainly seems to be dodgy shit that a few people are getting away with.SampleScience wrote:Using these breaks is technically illegal and people are being sued. I've once read about a label re-issuing old funk, rock and soul music on vinyl and they had a department dedicated to suing illegal sampling of their newly acquired intellectual properties. I wish I remember their name, but I remember it was part of their business model. I suggest that you do your own research, it's what I did years ago and concluded it wasn't worth the risk, even for a small artist.
The reason some companies sells these breaks compilation is because there's a demand for it. They could have a special license to sell them as a compilation for listening purpose, they certainly don't for licensing them to other musicians.
The record shop that I bought it from replied to me that I would have to speak to the record label regarding any licensing info. I'd already done some digging, but really couldn't find anything definite. None of the places that sold it would show the track titles, and I eventually found a place that explicitly stated that the record label prohibited them from giving the track names (Reading the track list that accompanies the product is what first made me really suspicious). Either way, I couldn't find any details via internet searches about the record label, whose only mention on the cover of the cd reads, 'All The Breaks LLC / Made in Dubai / 2017'
So I asked Juno Records for the record label's contact details, and was told they are not allowed to give out that information
At which point, I requested a refund. The refund was granted without a single question, nor hesitation. I get the feeling that they know it's dodgy, and just weren't used to anyone bothering to ask.This is clearly some kind of bootleg being illegally sold. I wonder how many of those that bought it assumed that the fact they it seems to come from a supposedly legit source means that they can just use it
