Copyright Criminals 2009
"This is a Sampling Sport"
Overview
Copyright Criminals examines the creative and commercial value of musical sampling, including the related debates over artistic expression, copyright law, and (of course) money. This documentary traces the rise of hip-hop from the urban streets of New York to its current status as a multibillion-dollar industry. For more than thirty years, innovative hip-hop performers and producers have been re-using portions of previously recorded music in new, otherwise original compositions. When lawyers and
Director: Kembrew McLeod
Cast
Aesop Rock
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George Clinton
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Chuck D
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El-P
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Sage Francis
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Pam the Funsktress
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Bobbito Garcia
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Miho Hatori
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Shock G
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Mix Master Mike
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