at the same time, the responsibility for pursuing copyright infringement rests
with the owner of the piece being sampled, however complicated that ownership
may be. regardless of all the money-grubbing lawyers out there trying to make
money by tracking down artists whose samples were used and filing suits on
their behalf, someone first has to actually recognize the sample, then
determine where it came from.
in other words, either sample from the vast library of recordings old enough to
have entered the public domain, alter the sample enough to make it
unrecognizable, or sample from records only released in their native countries
- like thailand or japan - provided that you don't actually release the music
in that country, lawsuits become complicated and difficult to pursue.
programs like ableton live & pluggo provide the user with the opportunity to
make practically any sound out of any other sound. use them... and once you mix
the track down, delete all your temporary files, so your hard drive can't be
used as evidence.
of course, if you're only gonna put out a few hundred copies of a record, you
can do whatever you want - just don't put your real name, address, or personal
email on there.
unsolicited advice from John Quincy Adding Machine...
--- Luis-Manuel Garcia <lgarcia@uchicago.edu> wrote:
quoted 24 lines On Wednesday, September 8, 2004, at 02:30 PM, Jeff/Ninja Tune wrote:>
> On Wednesday, September 8, 2004, at 02:30 PM, Jeff/Ninja Tune wrote:
>
> > What they fail to always recognize is that it's all well and good you
> > should pay for all the samples, but that the degree of paperwork,
> > research, combined with the high chance that you'll get turned down
> > anyway make it an extremely frustrating prospect. We're actually one
> > of those crazy labels that clears samples, and believe me it's not
> > easy.
> >
> Yep. Much like the 'safer raves' rules laid down in Toronto 4-5 years
> ago, this will effectively force any artist/label out of the market
> that can't afford the money and/or time to clear everything. No more
> DIY, yo.
>
> yikes,
> Luis
>
>
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