There's a point where an artist should get paid for a sample (Ice Ice Baby), but when the sampling artist makes something that becomes totally their own thing and isn't using the old music as advertising (which for Negativland is debatable), then I think it should slide by. Currently the courts seem to be considering ANY sample to be copyright infringement even if it's completely un-identifiable and miniscule. That's totally out of hand. Add that to the fact that effectively, copyrights no longer expire. They're just extended indefinitely. Don't forget to pay Time Warner before you sing Happy Birthday in public.
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- Yars' Revenge 9-13-2005 2:17 am