From Nigel Ward Sent Wed, Oct 22nd 1997, 00:45
From Nigel Ward Sent Wed, Oct 22nd 1997, 00:45
Sampled from <http://www.nando.net/newsroom/ntn/enter/102197/enter2_17288.html> Copyright 1997 Nando.net Copyright 1997 Agence France-Presse PARIS (October 21, 1997 12:28 p.m. EDT http://www.nando.net) - French disc-jockeys who mix and sample other people's music to create their own sounds are on a money-spinner after a ruling that they must be paid for their creations. Under the ruling, by the powerful SACEM music industry body, DJs who modify and put together other people's records will henceforth receive 1/12th of the rights for the resulting creation. Mixing and sampling are common in such musical genres as dance, rap, techno, ambient, hard-core, happy hard-core, groove, drum 'n' bass and trance. But until now the DJ has simply been the person who combined the noises. Now they will be considered artists in their own right and paid as such. The decision was announced at a music industry salon, "Mix Move," dedicated to new music created by new technologies.