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Old 02-22-2009, 01:47 PM   #88 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by crazyrob View Post

If you want to get pissed at someone profiting from only sampling music of other artists to make his own, look up Girl Talk(link) this guy blatantly samples other music to make his own. The only reason Girl Talk isn't sued for his sampling is he doesn't profit from his CD sales he just makes money from touring. Which is where most artist make their money.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I remember seeing recently that this isn't exactly settled yet. I know I saw a CSPAN clip with Congressmen talking about Girl Talk and his music in detail. I'm too lazy to look it up, but I think there's some legal stuff still going on there.
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