McLeod, Kembrew, 1970-

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.

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Copyright--Music--United States.
Sampler (Musical instrument)
Plagiarism in music.
Law.

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