Then who has the rights???
As far as I know Capitol has the rights. I mentioned on here that I do A&R for JR a couple days ago. (AutoMattik's brother, we share the same username for some reason siccness wouldn't allow me to get an account.) The last time anything was brought up about it was months back. Capitol paid for the track, it'll be on Clyde's album, its not like Capitol demanded their money back, this is how the business works. Like the other dude said on here, there's tpain and akon hooks floating around everywhere, its all up for grabs until the contract gets signed and the money gets deposited.
Anyways, It's been on Flo's myspace page since like July lol, before he blew up and anyone knew about him. They both ripped the track...
There's rappers all over myspace that use industry beats for mixtapes...anyone can steal anyones beat, but having the legal right to make money off of it is a whole different story. If someone stole a beat and put it on their album that shit would be straight up unethical and end up in a lawsuit. (mixtapes are "ok" unless you fuck around and sell 100,00 of em, then someone will definitely take notice)