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Music-Sampling Ruling
Necessary Parties to Suit. The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York denied a motion by MGM Pictures to join Universal Music Group and its affiliated companies as defense parties in a suit against MGM over the alleged use of a sample of The Kinks' 1960s hit song 'You Really Got Me.' Jayboy Music Corp. v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc., 05 Civ. 8575(JFK).
In 2004, Jayboy ' the owner of the 'You Really Got Me' song copyright ' filed a copyright suit in the Southern District against the Universal companies and the writers of the song 'Sexy.' The parties settled, giving the 'Sexy' writers, but not Universal, an irrevocable license to the sample. Universal subsequently gave MGM a license to use 'Sexy' in the motion picture 'Be Cool.' Jayboy then sued MGM for infringement. MGM in turn moved to compel joinder of the Universal entities as necessary defendants in the suit.
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