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.
O reputación do selo quedou gravemente danada cando o grupo Negativland librou unha longa batalla legal con SST a raíz da súa demanda polos samples usados na súa versión do tema de U2 "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For", no seu EP de 1991 U2.