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Legal
Sony sued over sample in Aguilera song
By CMU Editorial | Published on Monday 7 March 2011
Another day, another song theft claim. According to TMZ, a US music company called TufAmerica is suing Sony Music over a sample that appeared in Christina Aguilera’s 2006 hit ‘Ain’t No Other Man’.
The sample came from a 1968 song called ‘Hippy Skippy Moon Strut’ by Dave Cortez & The Moon People. TMZ says that Sony did get permission to use the sample, but from the wrong people. With some confusion existing over who owns the 60s track, it seems Sony got a licence from Codigo Music and the Clyde Otis Music Group but, TufAmerica say, it is they who own the rights in the song, and they have done since 2004.
TufAmerica’s lawsuit wants the court to declare that they are the rightful owner of the original track. The company is also pursuing damages from Sony and, presumably, the music firms who allegedly provided a licence for a song they didn’t own.
