Independent Lens | COPYRIGHT CRIMINALS | Trailer | PBS

http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/copyright-criminals COPYRIGHT CRIMINALS examines the creative and commercial value of musical sampling, including the related debates over artistic expression, copyright law, and (of course) money. The film 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 30 years, innovative hip-hop performers and producers have been re-using portions of previously recorded music in new, otherwise original compositions. When lawyers and record companies got involved, what was once referred to as a "borrowed melody" became a "copyright infringement."

COPYRIGHT CRIMINALS rebroadcasts the week of November 29, 2010 on Independent Lens, a weekly series airing on PBS. Visit the Web site for more: http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/copyright-criminals

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[1MinDLesS1]

criminals? hardly

[547212436]

broken?

[razorflown2]

I prefer the 'I own everything through p2p and no one gets paid, so they need to go find a real job' model.

[sinterics]

Junk yard picking is a crime... Why shouldn't the

originators participate in the profit... You make money you pay.. you don't, you don't...

[nickoDavinci]

Criminals? Are the music companies implying that creative influence is the act of crime? Greedy bastards.

[MarkVll]

lol criminals...

[LeoHareMusic]

@547212436 I got it to play by adding &fmt=5 to the URL, but it's totally ridiculous that we should have to do that.