Comment Re:Copyright protection and remixers. (Score 1) 578
Have any of you even heard the album? Danger Mouse didn't create a "DJ Mix" or simply steal the music of Jay-Z and the Beatles. He took rock songs, and recontextualized different aspects of them - individual drum hits, tiny sections of melody, larger portions of guitar lines, a few vocal segments, for example - and created HIPHOP BEATS.
this is something that makes the grey album very different from the cut and dry example of copyright infringement that everyone commenting on this news seems to be assuming. the rhythms are different - hiphop beats swing. and although a beatles fan can hear familiar aspects in Danger Mouse's beats, the beats are substantially different in form and execution from the Beatles tracks they are based on.
this is a fantastic feat of sampling, composition, and sound design - brilliant in conception and execution. and the beats DO bump, although not in a way that everyone is likely to appreciate. DJ Danger Mouse should have every right to make a few copies to give to friends and acquaintances - it is a brilliant work of art. The fact that copyright law does not protect this form of artistry is a shining example of offensive record company control of the concept of "copyright".
this is something that makes the grey album very different from the cut and dry example of copyright infringement that everyone commenting on this news seems to be assuming. the rhythms are different - hiphop beats swing. and although a beatles fan can hear familiar aspects in Danger Mouse's beats, the beats are substantially different in form and execution from the Beatles tracks they are based on.
this is a fantastic feat of sampling, composition, and sound design - brilliant in conception and execution. and the beats DO bump, although not in a way that everyone is likely to appreciate. DJ Danger Mouse should have every right to make a few copies to give to friends and acquaintances - it is a brilliant work of art. The fact that copyright law does not protect this form of artistry is a shining example of offensive record company control of the concept of "copyright".
