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Evidence and Information on Sampling and Re-use In Music
See previous DRN article on 2004 decision by US Sixth circuit that even a 2 second sample constituted infringement.
See http://www.low-life.fsnet.co.uk/copyright/index.htm for an excellent (though dated) overview of copyright and sampling along with many examples of litigation over sampling infringements.
Examples
One of the more famous U.S music infringement cases involved ex-Beatle George Harrison, who was found by a jury to have "unconsciously" copied the Shirelle's composition "He's So Fine" in his 1971 hit "My Sweet Lord." Although George Harrison's hit was found to be strikingly similar to the Shirelle's song, it is even possible to infringe another song if only just a few notes are "borrowed." [Source]