Development of the Creative Commons Sampling license (or license option)

[mark / negativland <markhosler AT charter.net>]

On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 21:58:05 -0700
 Glenn Otis Brown <glenn AT creativecommons.org> wrote:
> Thanks to the pho list and some other folks, I found his 
> email address.
>
> Thanks -- and I didn't know that about the voice behind 
> the Mermaid  video. That's an interesting twist.

actually, that's top secret information and you need to 
eat  this
e-mail after reading  it.

MAak


> On Monday, July 28, 2003, at 09:41  PM, mark / 
> negativland wrote:
>
> > A few years ago Dave Allen was part of WORLD DOMINATION 
> > RECORDS. Maybe  
> > it still exists?? His business partenr was the voice of 
> > the asshole  
> > music biz guy you hear synced up with the LIttle Mermaid 
> > in our GIMME  
> > THE MERMAID video! see it at www.illegal-art.org
> >
> > Mark
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 16:10:05 -0700
> > Glenn Otis Brown <glenn AT creativecommons.org> wrote:
> > > http://creativecommons.org:10080/weblog/entry/3775
> > >
> > > Help Us Find Dave Allen, of the Gang of Four
> > >
> > > Monday, July      28, 2003
> > >
> > > A helpful reader spotted this great letter-to-the-editor 
> > > in the   
> > > Portland Mercury . It's from a member of the influential 
> > > punk & new   
> > > wave band of the late 70s and early 80s, Gang of Four , 
> > > but it  
> > > could've  been written by us.
> > >
> > > Copyright is the issue! Our archaic copyright laws allow 
> > > artists,   
> > > musicians, and other creators to hang on to their rights 
> > > for far too   
> > > long before they enter the public domain. Today's 
> > > technology allows  
> > > for  any creator with a computer to manipulate any sound 
> > > file  
> > > available.
> > >
> > > Mashing is one example, wherein a musician with a 
> > > computer takes a   
> > > song, pulls out the vocal melody, and literally mashes it 
> > > onto  
> > > another  song. One great example is Madonna's "Holiday" 
> > > mashed with a  
> > > Sex  Pistols song. Technically it's illegal but it's also 
> > > good fun  
> > > and more interesting than a lot of schlock out there.
> > >
> > > Today's talented artists will always run afoul of current 
> > > copyright   
> > > laws because it's an eternity before anything drops back 
> > > into the   
> > > public domain. So I say all you computer whiz musicians 
> > > should go  
> > > forth  and grab a Gang of Four track and mash it onto a 
> > > Christina  
> > > Aguilera  song just for the hell of it. I'd be pleased 
> > > because it's  
> > > an inventive  use of my copyrighted work. It's the 
> > > gatekeepers that  
> > > are stifling  creativity and innovation online.
> > >
> > > Dave Allen
> > >
> > > A call for help: Do any of you know how to get hold of 
> > > Allen? And if   
> > > so, could you please introduce him to us and our sampling 
> > > license   
> > > discussion? Thanks.
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> > > Glenn Otis Brown                                       
> > > glenn AT creativecommons.org
> > > Executive Director 
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