According to publishing.gmu.edu “From an owner’s perspective, the law theoretically protects the rights of an individual who has spent time and, possibly, money creating a work. That is, the creator has a right to receive compensation and attribution for that work, as well as a level of control over its use.” Authors can enact a copyright so that they can keep their work the way they want to. For example, the famous hip-hop song OPP  by Naughty by Nature samples legendary Jackson 5 hit ABC.  One of the creators, Kaygee stated “I was just scratching that Jackson 5 “ABC” section one day, and Treach heard it and wanted to build on it. Everybody is saying these days how sample clearance is so high, but we sampled that in 1991 and [Motown’s publishing arm] Jobete took 75 percent of the publishing on that song. But we knew that it made the record, so we had to have it”. The group went through the appropriate channels and earned the right to sample ABC  in their hip hop classic. While they only received 1/4 of the profit it was more than what they would have received it they had not created the song or if they were to sample the song without permission and the lawsuits that would have followed after the song reached the status that it did.