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It’s not legally fair use but no musicians consider it stealing. Remember, the session players who wrote those hooks and grooves were not given a copyright. Th
by williamcotton 3y ago
It’s not legally fair use but no musicians consider it stealing.
Remember, the session players who wrote those hooks and grooves were not given a copyright. They got paid a flat fee. They could not care less if their drum beat, bass line or horn part was reused in a creative new way. The lawyers of the copyright holders sure do care, though!
- mrtranscendence 3y agoSession players having been paid a flat fee were not the only ones whose music would get sampled and remixed, though.
- alwayslikethis 3y agoCopyright infringement is not stealing, full stop. It is just that, an infringement on a commercial interest that the government grants.
- shanebellone 3y ago"Copyright infringement is not stealing, full stop. It is just that, an infringement on a commercial interest that the government grants." This perspective is incredibly obtuse. You use the law (that you fundamentally reject) as a justification for a semantic debate that no one is having. Whether you label it as infringement or theft, the impacts are identical. Regardless of the terminology, you are withholding a payment that is owed for something you've unlawfully taken. Check your footing, your moral high ground is located in the Mariana Trench, alongside debtors and fraudsters.