Re: Sampling debate

[Crossedout@aol.com]

In a message dated 8/27/98 4:45:26 PM Central Daylight Time,
KRosser414@aol.com writes:

<< I have to admit I have a little trouble feeling sympathy for 
Negativland or
 the hip-hop community claiming their creativity is being squelched by 
people
 wanting to be paid for work they are sampling.  >>


Part of the problem, though, is that it's not the artist who is against the
sampling... it's the artists' record company. 

If I call up The Edge and say "hey, can I sample the riff from "New Year's
Day", and he says "sure, send me a copy and a case of Guiness", that's all
well and good. He's getting something he thinks is fair, I get the sample. 

The problem is, Island records is going to want to be a part of this
transaction. Whereas The Edge may think a few pints and a copy of the song 
is
sufficient, Island is apt to ask for $50,000 and 100% of my publishing. 
THAT's
what gets crippling. 

I am willing to pay for stuff that I use. I am certainly willing to 
acknoledge
a sample... if I liked the friggin' thing so much I'd use it as part of a
composition of mine, I have no problem giving credit where credit is due. 

But is it the artists who are up in arms? (Anywhere but this list?) Or is 
it
the record companies who are so deathly afraid now that they might "give 
away"
the possible percentage of the next "Can't Touch This?"

- Bill
Crossedout@aol.com