[IP] more on Court rules sampling may violate music laws

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: "Trei, Peter" <ptrei@rsasecurity.com>
Date: September 8, 2004 1:36:31 PM EDT
To: dave@farber.net
Subject: RE: [IP] Court rules sampling may violate music laws

Richard Forno <rforno@infowarrior.org> writes:

> NASHVILLE — A federal appeals court ruling yesterday
> means that rap artists would have to pay for every
> musical sample included in their work — even
> minor, unrecognizable snippets of music.

... in further news, the Nashville school system
has been sued by major magazines and local
newspapers for encouraging kindergarteners to
make collages and paper-mache animals.

"Our articles have been illegally sampled said
a media spokesman:  "any deriviative use of our
work requires written permission and mutually
agreed royalties."

Peter Trei

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