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- From: jmfuchs@unix.amherst.edu (JESSE MICHAEL FUCHS)
- Subject: Re: Crosley Bendix (Negativland) Discusses The Copyright Act
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- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 07:09:06 GMT
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- Negativland are the greatest thing in existence. Did you hear about
- the other lawsuits on the same lines? The two I know about are:
-
- Too Much Joy got sued for putting a sample of Bozo the Clown on their
- "Son of Sam I am" album. From what I remember, they had to remove it from all
- future pressings and pay Bozo $200 or something.
-
- Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine got sued by Michael Jackson for
- %20 of the profit of one of their songs, because they quoted two lines from
- a Beatles song. Pretty ironic, considering the beginning lines of "Come
- Together" are from a Chuck Berry song...
-
- Anyone else know of any other violations of our right to cultural
- appropriation? Send 'em here!
-
- -fuchs
-