EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

Its sounds like you only talk about the major industry and not the 
Underground labels wich are thousands specially from Europe!


>From: PersingEP@...
>Reply-To: exs-users@yahoogroups.com
>To: exs-users@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [exs] Re: Copyrights
>Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 13:30:08 EST
>
>Alvaro,
>
>I'd like to shed some light on some of the claims you are making. Even 
>though
>you're DJ'ing and you hear a lot of samples on records doesn't mean that 
>they
>haven't been cleared or that no one is getting caught. That is usually 
>often
>kept private. Things have changed ALOT in the record industry regarding
>samples in the last ten years. There are now many lawyers who are also DJs
>who specialize in Hip-Hop lawsuits.....it is a very lucrative field if you
>are a copyright attorney and you can "trainspot". There are tons of 
>lawsuits,
>and payouts going on all the time over samples....you just don't hear about
>it as much in the news, because most of the time it doesn't actually go to
>court. The parties usually settle out of court. Every label has a staff of
>people that check out the new releases (big and small) to look for samples
>and lifts from their catalog. Sample clearance and licensing is a big
>business. Hip-hop records make a lot of money too, and since there isn't
>usually a big recording cost or a lot of live musicians, most of the
>traditional recording budget now goes into sample clearance. The legal 
>issues
>surrounding sampling have even changed the sound of Hip-Hop...now there are
>less samples and loops used and more programmed beats and synth stuff, 
>which
>is a direct result of artists, producers and labels not wanting to get sued
>or pay all their royalties/recording budget in sample clearance. It has
>actually altered the sound of the music.
>
>That's my experience based on the cases I've been involved in, discussions
>with our copyright attorneys, and working with numerous hip-hop artists and
>producers.
>
>-EP
>




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