I frequently use samples, I also like to do illegal remixes. However, as an alternate to sampling, I also often create synth parts that are variations on recognizable musical motifs. I normally would be less likely to sample a synth part as one can just recreate it.
Anyway, all I have to say is long live microhouse & glitch etc. If they can't tell where it's from, they can't sue you, regardless of whether it's illegal. I think that copyright has become a real "monster" in this country, as every form of fair use and public domain is being demolished. It's very disturbing. I also would say this trend heavily favors corporate interests, but I don't think it is really in the interests of individual artists. A certain amount of shared knowledge is essential for individual innovators to build on, regardless of the field. Imagine if Charlie Parker's bebop riffs had been considered copyright material, and jazz could not extend and develop his motifs in the years following, for example. And then there is the example of coding and the whole open source notion - look at the way the internet was born, for example. Large corporations, of course, can better afford to buy what they need and can amass large quantities of intellectual property, something an individual creator cannot do. ~David ---------- Original Message ------------- Subject: RE: (313) All Uncleared Sampling Ruled Illegal Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 16:25:55 -0400 From: "Redmond, Ja'Maul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> 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
