From martin burbridge Sent Thu, Sep 10th 1998, 16:05
i think the important phrase here is "fair use". i'm not a big negativeland fan and don't own any of their releases but i do know that a recent release "dispepsi" was an anti-commercialism treatise, specifically targeted at pepsi. no wonder they're miffed that a track sporting one of their samples is now being used to market coke, another type of fizzy water loaded w/ suger, caffeine (its one good point) and a strange unexceptional caramel-like flavor that is barely drinkable w/out the addition of rum. i think the motto is "you can use my sounds, just don't piss on my ideals" -martin > -----Original Message----- > From: xxx-xxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx [mailto:xxx-xxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx]On Behalf > Of Rodney Perkins > Sent: Thursday, September 10, 1998 4:31 AM > To: xxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx > Subject: (idm) Negativland/Fatboy Slim sample tiff > > > I thought after all of Negativland's recent sloganeering about > fair us" and > such, the following article from the 9/9/98 edition of Allstar News puts > this group of "radicals" in the proper light. If it were April Fool's Day, > this would all make sense. Dilettantes... > > Negativland -- the outspoken outfit against paying rights for samples -- > sent out a cranky press release Tuesday (Sept. 1) complaining about Fatboy > Slim's use of one of their samples in the song "Michael Jackson" in a Coke > commercial. While Negativland believes people shouldn't have to pay to > sample others, they're not too happy that their work ended up in a Coke > spot. <snip>