From clockwise Sent Fri, Sep 11th 1998, 00:11
From clockwise Sent Fri, Sep 11th 1998, 00:11
Where does the use of "dilettantes" come from? They didn't want the money, they're not upset about being sampled. The actual press release doesnt read as a complaint at all (I can forward it to you if youd like). They mentioned that they found it amusing that Coke was going to feature an uncleared sample in an advertisement (since despite SST erroneously giving permission for its usage, it wasn't ever cleared by Negativland in the first place). People have tried to make hypocrites out of Negativland for a long time, but anyone who knows anything about them will attest to their honest adherance to their ideology concerning copyright and music. They refer to Fatboy Slim's management as "stupid" because anyone even remotely familiar with Negativland would know that SST and Negativland split on unhappy (to put it mildly) terms, and they should have known that not only would SST keep all the money, but that they don't have the authority to permit their work to be used. peace clockwise At 08:30 AM 9/10/98 +0000, you wrote: >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. But, the thing is, it didn't. Only the instrumental part of "Michael >Jackson," which is on Fatboy Slim's 1997 album Better Living Through >Chemistry, is used in the spot. The song samples from Negativland's own >"Michael Jackson" from their 1987 SST album Escape from Noise. And while >Fatboy Slim did pay SST ($1000) for permission to use the sample, >Negativland claims SST is keeping the money for themselves, though, adds >that the group would've given it to them for free anyway (again, that's >their thing). The sample in question was actually stolen by a Negativland >member from the basement of a church in Concord, Calif. in the '70s. Fatboy >Slim's label, Astralwerks, had no comment. And, seeing that Fatboy Slim (aka >Norman Cook) is a big fan of Negativland, we're sure the release (which >states that he "stupidly" went to SST Records to get permission to use the >sample) would upset him a bit. The Coke spot starts airing on television >Sept. 7 for three months and is part of a major NFL campaign, which includes >a contest to send people to the Super Bowl.. > >