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So, what is the law when it comes to doing a remix? It's pretty cut and dry: unless the copyright holder on the performance has licensed it under a remix-friendly license like the Creative Common's license that allows reuse of the work, you're going to need to seek out and obtain permission to use any portion of the recording (even as little as three ...

You are required to gain clearance, otherwise the owner of that sample could demand payment from you. From this useful article on emusician.com: Sampling potentially violates the law regarding two separate copyrights, the copyright of the musical composition (the PA Copyright) and the copyright of the sound recording (SR Copyright). You need to ...

Here is an incredible resource for your situation. Although it's centered on Podcasting, it really overlaps with your situation: Podcasting Legal Guide Here is the section on licenses you will need to be legal. This is very verbose, so I am linking instead of transferring it verbatim: Licenses you will need. And here is the section dealing with why you'd ...

Another option would be to ask those artists where they found those royalty-free samples. Though there are sample collections that are sold on CD or DVD, there are also repositories of sound bites and samples that are in the public domain. One excellent source is the Prelinger Archives. Another is freesound.org.

Preface: I am not a lawyer. These comments aer based on my personal experience navigating copyright law. The general rule of thumb is that you can only use media that you have created. If you have not created the media, it's best practice to get or buy permission to use it, and get that permission in writing as a release form. That being said, something ...