 SST's reputation was damaged severely when sound collage group Negativland fought a long legal battle with SST in the wake of its sampling lawsuit over their notorious "cover" of U2's hit "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For", on the 1991 "U2" single.The case was settled when Ginn and SST agreed to fully release most of Negativland's masters (mainly their "Over The Edge" series of cassettes) in exchange for completing work on a live album that had been planned long before their legal battles began, as well as keeping Negativland's three SST releases on the label for a short period (the copyright in those has since reverted to Negativland).This entire battle was later the basis for Negativland's 1995 book/CD, "".