Don't tell anyone, but tracks I helped produce have been used as incidental music on MTV programs -- containing uncleared (but unrecognizable) samples.
Whoops did I say that out loud? On Wed, 8 Sep 2004 16:25:55 -0400, Redmond, Ja'Maul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How many of you actually use samples in your music. I'm just curious. > I haven't since the mid nineties. If you want your music to be used in > any other kind of media other than just releasing it on vinyl, you > already had to clear all samples. No advertisment, commercial or > theatrical producers will use any music without full licensing of > samples and from my experience even if I did have the licenses they > would shy away from my tracks that had samples. I guess because they > didn't trust me. :) > > Either way , because of that I stopped a long time ago and really > haven't missed it. I do sample the hell out of myself and my > environment. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas D. Cox, Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 4:18 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: (313) All Uncleared Sampling Ruled Illegal > > ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- > From: Kent Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >http://news.bostonherald.com/national/view.bg?articleid=43259 > > > >What a bunch of killjoys they are in the 6th Circuit Court of > Appeals. > > > >This is a call to arms: Everyone needs to make a track made > ENTIRELY > >of uncleared samples. The new ruling basically says that samples > of > >ANY length need to be licensed. So you could, for example, take a > >recording, and make notes out of single cycle samples, and it > would be > >illegal. > > good luck enforcing that. they already cant enforce the laws that exist > today. its a sham so george clinton can get more money to buy crack > rocks. as much as i love and respect that man for his contribution to > music, he can step off the dick at any moment. > honestly, i find this ruling will change just about nothing in the > reality of making good records. it might change what you hear on > mainstream radio, but who really cares about that? > > tom > > ________________________________________________________________ > andythepooh.com > >
