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Sampling, Looping, And Mashing . . . Oh My!: How Hip Hop Music Is Scratching More Than The Surface Of Copyright Law, Tonya M. Evans Jul 2011

Sampling, Looping, And Mashing . . . Oh My!: How Hip Hop Music Is Scratching More Than The Surface Of Copyright Law, Tonya M. Evans

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal

This article examines the deleterious impact of copyright law on music creation. It highlights hip hop music as an example of a genre significantly and negatively impacted by 1) the per se infringement rule applied in some instances to cases involving unauthorized sampling of sound recordings; and 2) traditional (and arguably erroneous) assumptions in copyright law and policy of independent creation and Romantic authorship. For decades hip hop producers have relied on the innovative use of existing recordings (most of which are protected by copyright), to create completely new works. Specifically, cuttin’ and scratchin’, digital sampling, looping and (most recently) …


O And P Visas For Nonimmigrants And The Impact Of Organized Labor On Foreign Artists And Entertainers And American Audiences, Tibby Blum Oct 1993

O And P Visas For Nonimmigrants And The Impact Of Organized Labor On Foreign Artists And Entertainers And American Audiences, Tibby Blum

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Trends And Developments In The European Community Affecting The Motion Picture Industry, Bernard R. Sorkin Jun 1993

Trends And Developments In The European Community Affecting The Motion Picture Industry, Bernard R. Sorkin

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Gatt And Nafta Provisions On Intellectual Property, Emery Simon Jun 1993

Gatt And Nafta Provisions On Intellectual Property, Emery Simon

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal

No abstract provided.