He said: "I didn't mind when something like that happened with the Grey Album. But the record company minded. They put up a fuss. But it was like, 'Take it easy guys, it's a tribute.'"
Macca wants more producers to sample The Beatles.
He told Radio 1 documentary The Beatles And Black Music, to be broadcast next Monday: "It was really cool when hip-hop started, you would hear references in lyrics, you always felt honoured.
"It's exactly what we did in the beginning - introducing black soul music to a mass white audience. It's come full circle, it's well cool.
"When you hear a riff similar to your own your first feeling is 'rip-off'. After you've got over it you think, 'Look at that, someone's noticed that riff.'"
Paul McCartney is cool with bootleg remixes of the Beatles
Paul McCartney thinks illegitimate remixes of Beatles tunes are just fine with him.
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