[PD-ot] Art: To GPL or not to GPL?

[Frank Barknecht]

Hallo,
RTaylor hat gesagt: // RTaylor wrote:

> >http://www.emplive.com/visit/education/popConfBio.asp?xPopConfBioID=41
> >"During the 1980s, many hip-hop artists sampled music with impunity in 
> >spite of growing resentment from songwriters and copyright owners who 
> >felt their work to be unlawfully exploited. But three pivotal court 
> >decisions in the 1990s punished severely those who sampled without 
> >permission. Since then, most artists and record companies refrain from 
> >sampling unless they can obtain clearance."

Sampling in pop was common, when "white men" "sampled" "black men's"
music (Bill Haley, Elvis Presley, Stones, Sinatra,...) and it became
illegal, when that was tried to turn around (Biz Markie!).

And then MJ bought the Beatles songs...

Go figure...

ciao
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 Frank Barknecht                               _ ______footils.org__