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Shocked the story didn't mention the Fogerty suit - the strangest copyright -music case of all https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/27501/time-john-fogerty-...
Interesting read though
Zeppelin have long been known to be notorious plagiarists: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/led-zeppelins-...
I think I saw a news recently that they've been dismissed for gateway to heaven
(FYI—You the news you “think you saw recently” is in the linked article above the fold, which features a photo of Robert Plant right next to the headline.)
I wonder how well the 1987 album [1] would do in this new climate? [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987_(What_the_Fuck_Is_Going_O...
It's sad though that file sharing is no longer a big thing, since that allowed illegal remix culture to really thrive.
All of these NYT stories bring up a blocking modal dialog requiring me to log in or create an account (I guess this is a slight improvement from making me pay). Is this the same for everyone else? Why do other sites that show a dismissable overlay get raked over the coals as if they are criminals? What value is there in posting a link on HN if it's behind a pay (or temporarily free) wall? This goes double for the WSJ…
If you’re paywalled on NYT you’ve already viewed many articles. You can clear your cookies or you might be interested in subscribing since you seem to enjoy their content.
It's happened at home too where I live alone and have not seen my IP address change in a very long time.
If I repeatedly linked to my own site with a title that interested you but all you could see on my page was an unskippable ad demanding that you sign up and pay for my unrelated product, wouldn’t my site be banned from HN? Why do sites like nytimes get a free pass with their paywalls?
Zeppelin have long been known to be notorious plagiarists: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/led-zeppelins-...
All of these NYT stories bring up a blocking modal dialog requiring me to log in or create an account (I guess this is a slight improvement from making me pay). Is this the same for everyone else? Why do other sites that show a dismissable overlay get raked over the coals as if they are criminals? What value is there in posting a link on HN if it's behind a pay (or temporarily free) wall? This goes double for the WSJ…
Shocked the story didn't mention the Fogerty suit - the strangest copyright -music case of all https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/27501/time-john-fogerty-...
Something weird going on with that page! The article number in the URL changes back and forward between 2 numbers as you scroll! Makes coming back to HN a bit tricky! Interesting read though
I wonder how well the 1987 album [1] would do in this new climate? [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987_(What_the_Fuck_Is_Going_O...
"In 1991, songwriter Gilbert O'Sullivan sued rapper Biz Markie after he sampled O'Sullivan's "Alone Again (Naturally)" on the album I Need a Haircut. The court ruled that sampling without permission infringed copyright. Instead of asking for royalties, O'Sullivan forced Biz Markie's label Warner Bros to recall the album until the song was removed.
Nelson George described it as the "most damaging example of anti-hip hop vindictiveness", which "sent a chill through the industry that is still felt".[39] The Washington Post wrote in 2018 that "no court decision has changed the sound of pop music as much as this", likening it to banning a musical instrument"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampling_(music)#Legal_and_eth...
My (least) favourite example of this is that Iggy Azalea gets a song-writing credit for Classic Man. http://www.mtv.com/news/2215334/iggy-azalea-fancy-classic-ma... If you listen to the two, you can spot the similarity but... it’s nowhere close to sampling or plagiarism. They’ve got different melodies, different feels, just a similar prominent keyboard sound. But no-one wants a court case, so the writers of Fancy get…