[microsound] sampling ruling and call for works

[Jacob Berendes <barfout@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

ok, so are all of us sample nerds well aware (yes) of the recent US 
court ruling of funkadelic vs nwa? basically nwa took a three-note 
sample from a funkadelic song and used it as a textural element in 
their song "100 miles and running". i'm not sure why this case suddenly 
came up, but it did, and it reversed a previous ruling that said it was 
ok since "no juror, even one familiar with the works of george clinton" 
could recognize the sample. so basically this could translate to "i 
don't care how DSPed this amen break is, you're paying for it".

aaaaaaanyway, downhill battle (a group that promotes filesharing as 
civil disobediance against a corrupt record industry, amongst other 
things) has announced as a protest a project called "three notes and 
runnin" which asks sample musicians to make 30 second songs solely 
based on the original 3 second clip and submit them to the site for 
download. more information on the project is at 
http://www.downhillbattle.org/3notes/ .

rock and roll
or rather
sample and hold

jacob berendes


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