licensing deals for advertising use of The Notorious B.I.G. music
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Licensing deals for advertising use of The Notorious B.I.G. music are commercial agreements that allow brands to feature the late rapper’s songs in marketing campaigns, generating revenue for his estate while extending his cultural presence.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| licensing deals for advertising use of The Notorious B.I.G. music canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21093758 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: licensing deals for advertising use of The Notorious B.I.G. music Context triple: [The Notorious B.I.G. estate, subjectOf, licensing deals for advertising use of The Notorious B.I.G. music]
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A.
BBC Music Rights and Licensing
BBC Music Rights and Licensing is the BBC division responsible for managing, negotiating, and administering music rights and licenses for the corporation’s content and services.
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B.
Grand Upright Music, Ltd. v. Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Grand Upright Music, Ltd. v. Warner Bros. Records Inc. is a landmark 1991 U.S. copyright case that effectively transformed the legal treatment of digital sampling in hip-hop and popular music by ruling against Biz Markie for unauthorized use of a Gilbert O’Sullivan song.
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C.
A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc.
A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc. is a landmark U.S. copyright infringement case in which major record labels successfully sued the peer-to-peer file-sharing service Napster, helping to define the legal limits of online music sharing and digital piracy.
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D.
Via Licensing (historically)
Via Licensing is a company that historically operated as a patent pool administrator, managing licensing programs for technologies such as Advanced Audio Coding (AAC).
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E.
Mechanical Licensing Collective
The Mechanical Licensing Collective is a U.S. nonprofit organization that administers blanket mechanical licenses and collects and distributes digital audio mechanical royalties to songwriters and music publishers.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: licensing deals for advertising use of The Notorious B.I.G. music Target entity description: Licensing deals for advertising use of The Notorious B.I.G. music are commercial agreements that allow brands to feature the late rapper’s songs in marketing campaigns, generating revenue for his estate while extending his cultural presence.
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A.
BBC Music Rights and Licensing
BBC Music Rights and Licensing is the BBC division responsible for managing, negotiating, and administering music rights and licenses for the corporation’s content and services.
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B.
Grand Upright Music, Ltd. v. Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Grand Upright Music, Ltd. v. Warner Bros. Records Inc. is a landmark 1991 U.S. copyright case that effectively transformed the legal treatment of digital sampling in hip-hop and popular music by ruling against Biz Markie for unauthorized use of a Gilbert O’Sullivan song.
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C.
A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc.
A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc. is a landmark U.S. copyright infringement case in which major record labels successfully sued the peer-to-peer file-sharing service Napster, helping to define the legal limits of online music sharing and digital piracy.
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D.
Via Licensing (historically)
Via Licensing is a company that historically operated as a patent pool administrator, managing licensing programs for technologies such as Advanced Audio Coding (AAC).
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E.
Mechanical Licensing Collective
The Mechanical Licensing Collective is a U.S. nonprofit organization that administers blanket mechanical licenses and collects and distributes digital audio mechanical royalties to songwriters and music publishers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
The Notorious B.I.G. estate
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subjectOf
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licensing deals for advertising use of The Notorious B.I.G. music
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