Daughter of late Jazz musician Joe Farrell, has sued Method Man, Redman, Kanye, Common and their record companies accusing them of using her fathers music without permission.

In 1974, Farrell recorded “Upon This Rock“, which has since been sampled on Meth & Red’s “Run For Cover“, Common’s “Chi-City” and Kanye West in “Gone“.

The lawsuit was filed on Thursday in New York by Kathleen Firrantello, they are seeking damages in excess of one million and upwards and are seeking that no further copies of the songs be made, sold or performed as terms of the lawsuit.

This will be a recurring case in hip hop and always has been, the fact that it is such a sample oriented form is only going to leave it open for such accusations. With music ownership becoming an ever increasing elephant in the room, will such cases have any future in the age of free media?

For a certain amount of time to come, the antiquarian laws will rule in favour of the originators of the items in question, however, it will only be a matter of time before even this will become a much more difficult task than it is now.