Thursday, April 16, 2009

New Documentary on Sampling in Hip Hop

Hip-Hop is a musical form that was born of sampling. Sampling is a crucial aspect of the development of the form. Current copyright laws ignore this, despite the fact that one of the purposes behind the federal protection of copyrighted works is the promotion of creativity. Do current sampling laws stifle creativity in Hip-Hop? Watch and learn.

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