You mix old school jazz with modern electronic music? Cool shit. It’s called Verve Remixed. Some of my more musically up-to-date readers may chide me for once again lagging so far behind the trendy music curve, but hey, I mean well. I’m listening to Volume 3 right now and it’s rockin’. Highly recommended.
Caution: legal mumbo jumbo ahead.
What’s also interesting are the legal ramifications of this music. The Verve has a copyright on the original jazz recordings and, from what I understand, could not or would not release the rights to other musicians wanting to use the Verve’s music. DJs were of course using the tracks anyway, but probably without permission. What’s more, the question of whether sampling of this nature amounts to fair use or a derivative work is a whole nother issue. If you want to know the answer to that one, you’ll need to borrow a copy of my notes from Copyright class, or take the class yourself.
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i have a better idea. what i'll do is make a backup copy for myself and misplace it. in your hands.
Posted by p-man | February 10, 2007 8:16 PM
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i'll skip the class & leave that up to folks who find it remotely interesting. but if you're interested in possibly violating copyright law and burning me a copy, that would be cool. you know, as an act of civil disobediance.
Posted by heather | February 10, 2007 8:16 PM
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the DJs are probably listed as co-songwriters, but the copyright is probably owned by whichever company released the albums.
Posted by skorloff | February 10, 2007 8:16 PM
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thanks for the info. i wonder who owns the copyrights. did Verve share them with the DJs? for a good flowchart of copyright durations, click the link. (i used this for my final).
Posted by p-man | February 10, 2007 8:16 PM
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the majority of the tracks in the three volumes of that series fell into public domain prior to the release of the remixes. by releasing the remixes, they're generating a new a copyright...
Posted by skorloff | February 10, 2007 8:16 PM
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i tell you what is right.
Posted by p-man | February 10, 2007 8:16 PM
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that's some good music. i tell you what.
Posted by heatherfeather | February 10, 2007 8:16 PM
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