Introduction by Mark Tribe
I. The Price of Being Cultural
Why study this stuff?
What is Open Source?
A 65 Mustang, the Roman
Alphabet, and 12 Bar Blues
Regulatory System for Culture?
Artists, Copyright,
and Status Anxiety
Hip-hop and Copyright
II. Antecedents: the Blues and Rock & Roll
Shirley Dixon and Led Zeppelin
"You Need Love" &
"Whole Lotta Love"
Music Based on Shared Patterns
Muddy Waters and Alan Lomax
the Origin of "Country Blues"
III. The Emergence of Hip-Hop
"Air Music"
Traditions of sharing culture
Schooly D,
"The Signifying Rapper"
The Cassette Tape
Fear Mongering by the Media
The Beastie Boys & Public Enemy
Decoding Samples
Over-the-top Sampling and
Lyrical Transgression
Why do artists sample?
IV. Legal Effects on Sampling Culture
Caribbean Artistic Ethics
1991 Biz Markie Case
New Song is not Parody
"Thou Shall Not Steal" ruling
New 'Bright Line' Kills
Unauthorized Sampling
Unauthorized Creativity
at the Club Level
V. Reactions
Transformative Sampling
Public Enemy,
"Caught, Can I Get a Witness"
Racial Overtones of Ignoring Nuances
The Sample Market
Illegal Art Exhibit, Grey Album
Creative Commons Project