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Hip Hop community speaks out against new sampling laws
davida.b.:
Hip-hopping mad artists rap copyright ruling
By Casey Ross
http://news.bostonherald.com/localR...articleid=43466
The Man is trying to kill rap again.
That's the worry of Hub hip hop artists after a federal court ruling clamped down on the practice of sampling from other artists' work in the creation of new music.
The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that using even unrecognizable snippets from an existing work is illegal without a license and compensation to the original artist.
``Essentially, this is an anti-hip hop law,'' said Boston producer and lyricist DJ Fakts One. ``The basis of hip hop is taking music from different cultures and making it dope by putting it all together.''
The court's ruling centers on a song by the rap group NWA that lifts a three-note guitar riff from ``Get Off Your Ass and Jam'' by George Clinton and the Funkadelics. The case was one of 800 filed in Nashville, Tenn., over the lifting of music snippets.
Local hip hop musicians and academics say they support compensating artists when their work is clearly recognizable in a new song, but they say the court ruling went too far in requiring compensation for even tiny samples.
``Hip hop has always been a derivative form of music,'' said Akrobatik, a Boston-based artist. ``I just don't like it when the federal government gets involved in things like this . . . and defines what music is supposed to be.''
The court's action means musicians will be required to undergo long and costly negotiations to get approval for all work that contains material from other artists. Some believe the judge's ruling is unenforceable because of technology that can make original samples nearly impossible to recognize.
``It's a nuisance and a shame,'' Peter Alhadeff, a professor at the Berklee School of Music, said of the ruling. ``I'm wondering if it hinders creativity more than it helps it, as copyright law is supposed to do.''
Shallow:
Why don't these losers just pick up an instrument and learn how to play it. Then they'll learn how to create original music and then they won't face this problem. I hate how they use the excuse of it being "a part of hip hop". Shit man, just stop fucking complaining. If you don't create it yourself, then pay the person that did. It's as simple as that. Anyone against this wouldn't be if they had one of their original compositions stolen by some rap producer.
M Dogg™:
--- Quote from: Shallow on September 19, 2004, 06:38:08 PM ---Why don't these losers just pick up an instrument and learn how to play it. Then they'll learn how to create original music and then they won't face this problem. I hate how they use the excuse of it being "a part of hip hop". Shit man, just stop fucking complaining. If you don't create it yourself, then pay the person that did. It's as simple as that. Anyone against this wouldn't be if they had one of their original compositions stolen by some rap producer.
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if you know anything abou hip-hop history, you'd know that hip-hop came from sampling. Many songs, DJs, would loop a certain part so that it would be easier to dance. Over time, emcees would rhyme over these loops and rap music was started. And if you don't like the history, or the art form, then why are you here?
Trauma-san:
I think ultimately, this law is useless, since many competant dj's and producers interpolate songs anyways. What's interpolation? You take a beat you like, and recreate it. Since the music has been published, you only have to pay standard royalties (6 cents? something crazy) for using their published song, but the performance is yours, since you re-created it. That's why Dre doesn't really 'sample', he re-creates or interpolates the beat, much much cheaper.
DJ Premier is FUCKED, though.
davida.b.:
--- Quote from: SMiLE on September 19, 2004, 09:12:08 PM ---
DJ Premier is FUCKED, though.
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Thats the part that saddens me the most
Edit: and don't forget Kanye and Heatmakerz, they're known for sampling.
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