[lazyBilly]

Like I said, a small mechanical royalty for obscure songs where you don't know who owns what, or how to pay them. No copyright trolling.

And for big songs, call it gold-record hits and above, whatever Jay-Z (or equivalent) demands. If you want to sample a big band's big hit, you are arguably getting the better of the arrangement, and they ought to have the right to charge you whatever the market will bear. Or tell you to shove it if they don't like the song they're getting shoved into.