It was recently announced that Madonna has won a lawsuit that accused her of illegally sampling a tune from a 1976 song “Love Break” for her 1990 hit song “Vogue.”
“Having listened to the sound recordings of Chicago Bus Stop, Love Break, and Vogue, the Court finds that no reasonable audience would find the sampled portions qualitatively or quantitatively significant in relation to the infringing work, nor would they recognize the appropriation,” the judge ruled.
“The Court finds that any sampling of the Horn Hit was de minimis or trivial.”