Comments on: National Post on Makers http://craphound.com/makers/2009/11/17/national-post-on-makers/ A novel of the whirlwind changes to come Sun, 29 Jan 2012 07:10:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Helenbcn http://craphound.com/makers/2009/11/17/national-post-on-makers/comment-page-1/#comment-170 Helenbcn Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:00:03 +0000 http://craphound.com/makers/?p=158#comment-170 "I copy, you copy, everybody copies. Pretending we don't copy is just hypocrisy," says Doctorow" Chumbawamba's 1992 album 'shhh' was all about that principle, although they were covering it from the perspective of sampling in contemprary music. It's a fantastic album but if you are very lucky you can track down a copy of 'Jesus H Christ' the album that Shhh was supposed to be before the record company bottled it re the samples! A case for commons licensing if there ever was one! "I copy, you copy, everybody copies. Pretending we don't copy is just hypocrisy," says Doctorow"

Chumbawamba's 1992 album 'shhh' was all about that principle, although they were covering it from the perspective of sampling in contemprary music. It's a fantastic album but if you are very lucky you can track down a copy of 'Jesus H Christ' the album that Shhh was supposed to be before the record company bottled it re the samples!

A case for commons licensing if there ever was one!

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