A great 20 minute introduction and discussion about the “Amen break” a 6-second drum break from a 1969 recording that became the basis for much Hip-hop and electronic music. Ends up with a rumination on the effect of overprotection of copyright and how it inhibits music today.
There’s been a lot of concern among in the community of fans of small and innovative music webcasters like Pandora about royalties being set by the U.S. Copyright Royalty Board – fees were set at rates which would have potentially put companies like Pandora out of business. With this new agreement, however, it looks like the industry folks have have relented a bit.
Details are in the NY Times article, but this pretty much sums it up:
“This is definitely the agreement that we’ve been waiting for,” said Tim Westergren, the founder of Pandora…
UPDATE: Tim Westergren’s summary is here. I really like those guys!
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