Creative license : the law and culture of digital sampling /
Kembrew McLeod and Peter DiCola ; with Jenny Toomey and Kristin Thomson.
- Durham, N.C. ; London : Duke University Press, 2011.
- ix, 325 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
How did the depression-era folk-song collector Alan Lomax end up with a song-writing credit on Jay-Z's song 'Takeover'? The music industry's approach to digital sampling holds the answers. Based on those interviews, this book puts digital sampling into historical, cultural, and legal context.