Re: [microsound] sonymash

[Michael Wright <michaels.lists@xxxxxxx>]

On 12 Apr 2005, at 16:30, Mr.D wrote:

> I have to agree here... mashups (in my mind at least) are really no  
> different from any other sample-sourced music, they're just easier to  
> recognize. ;)

I don't really understand how this has ended up here.  What I meant in  
the original post was, are Sony implementing features in ACID that  
encourage mash-ups?  Any article you read on mash-ups mentions ACID  
software and how these artists need to keep their identities covered  
like this one...

http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/08/01/bootlegs/print.html

Like I also mentioned was the fact that many pop singles come with A  
capellas, so they might as well say on the cover "please add this vocal  
track to your favourite instrumental because bootlegs promotes our crap  
leftover pop in a cool and trendy context but we don't want to  
advertise this because we'd have to pay you etc".  Funnily enough they  
are now supplying the tools to make the job easy as well.  They are  
also hosting www.acidplanet.com where ACID users can upload the fruits  
of their labour so that Sony can then own them

http://www.acidplanet.com/corporate/termsofservice.asp?T=7944

I've no idea why they would want to own them but you can bet that the  
standard of music is not that different from the backing tracks of  
their current roster.  So what's stopping them using this music for  
whatever purposes they can, after all, its was them who created the  
software that spawned its existence in the first place.


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