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Don't Ask,
Don't Tell?
Although the
title is "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," I'm not talking about gays
in the military. I am talking about a subject that is
almost as controversial - the use of samples in music.
Master P's
recording of "100 Miles And Runnin'" is infringing the
1975 George Clinton/Funkadellac tune, "Get Off Your Ass
and Jam." The producer took a 3 note guitar riff (a
half-second) and looped it into a 16 bar "bed" for the rapper.
A federal court recently ruled that even though the sample was
slowed down and otherwise modified to make it not-recognizable
as the Funkadelic recording, it still is infringement. |
