From Martin Glaubitz Sent Wed, Oct 27th 1999, 16:22
---Slightly off-topic advisory--- A recently manufactured Ween cd lacked a fifteen second Muhammad Ali speech that was originally part of the song ("Powder Blue"). Discussion of this led me to: I'm looking for any published books out there that give a comprehensive history of sampling. Something that covers not the technology, but rather stuff like: - the evolution of laws related to it (how many seconds before it's copyright infringement, etc.) - discussion of pivotal court cases (De La Soul vs. Turtles; Negativeland and U2; Biz Markie - humorous commentary by James Brown and George Clinton - maybe some rambling philosophising about the effect this post-modern tool has had on the music industry, on pop culture, on art - the history of sampler manufacture - the democratizing egalitarian power of yak baks I'm aware of some publication about the Negativeland/U2 fracas; any other good ones out there?