i think the important phrase here is "fair use". i'm not a big negativeland
fan and don't own any of their releases but i do know that a recent release
"dispepsi" was an anti-commercialism treatise, specifically targeted at
pepsi. no wonder they're miffed that a track sporting one of their samples
is now being used to market coke, another type of fizzy water loaded w/
suger, caffeine (its one good point) and a strange unexceptional
caramel-like flavor that is barely drinkable w/out the addition of rum.
i think the motto is "you can use my sounds, just don't piss on my ideals"
-martin
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> From: idm-owner@hyperreal.org [mailto:idm-owner@hyperreal.org]On Behalf
> Of Rodney Perkins
> Sent: Thursday, September 10, 1998 4:31 AM
> To: idm@hyperreal.org
> Subject: (idm) Negativland/Fatboy Slim sample tiff
>
>
> I thought after all of Negativland's recent sloganeering about
> fair us" and
> such, the following article from the 9/9/98 edition of Allstar News puts
> this group of "radicals" in the proper light. If it were April Fool's Day,
> this would all make sense. Dilettantes...
>
> Negativland -- the outspoken outfit against paying rights for samples --
> sent out a cranky press release Tuesday (Sept. 1) complaining about Fatboy
> Slim's use of one of their samples in the song "Michael Jackson" in a Coke
> commercial. While Negativland believes people shouldn't have to pay to
> sample others, they're not too happy that their work ended up in a Coke
> spot.
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