HIST 315 1st Edition Lecture 22Outline of Last Lecture I. DeindustrializationII. Labor UnionsIII. Austin’s de facto segregationIV. Cosmic CowboysOutline of Current Lecture I. CopyrightII. CasesIII. SamplingCurrent LectureCopyrights and Copy-wrongs: Vaidhyanathan reading-2nd reading report due on Wednesday April 29th on a reading since the midterm-Extra credit potential essay exam questions also due Contemporary definition of ownership; owning a set of chords? Who owns them? Creativity and copyright: how free is music Keywords:-Country blues-Chilling effect-Bright Tunes vs. Harrisongs-Fantasy Inc. vs. Fogerty-Sampling-Fair use Country Blues: Early forms of Country blues originated in the Mississippi Delta in the 1800's; evolved from spiritual music, work songs and transpired through repetition-Grew through copying; at what point do we begin to enforce copying? -"Source" is very diverse Roots of Rock n' Roll: added electric guitars to blues music-Rolling stones named after a Muddy Waters song Copying with NO credit or acknowledgement These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.Bright tunes prevail to George Harrison -> $6 million dollar settlement The Case of John Fogerty against himself-Worked with Fantasy records when he played with CCR-Fantasy sues Fogerty for his own work..Fogerty emphasized many songs influenced/ inspired his creativity -Jury finds them not substantially similar and is awarded more than $1.35 million; one of the largest fees ever awarded in a copyright case How do you draw the line without "chilling" creativity?Loose copyright restrictions allow: taking from the well, improvisation on tradition, different "feels", a works entry into the public domain after a set amount of timeStrict copyright restrictions allow: slight and oblique references, perpetual copyright extensions, copyright overseen by corporate structures, not necessarily geared to benefit the original artist (DISNEY) Rap music turns copyright upside down: digital sampling"Riffing, sampling, versioning etc." define rap music -Are DJ's musicians? Making something
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