Gregg ‘Girl Talk’ Gillis received a fair bit of attention in today’s edition of The National Post (reprinted from The New York Times).
regarding copyright laws, and his knack for skirting them.
a subject i find intriguing, and have discussed on a few occasions...
just how does he get away with sampling so many artists and songs?
he doesn’t.
the Fair Use laws which he operates under don’t really apply to his means or ends.
but he does have the fear of setting precedents on his side,
hense the lack of major legal action to date.
i have yet to hear of an artist that is appalled by the representation of their music.
everyone seems to just want a cut of the profits.
i love Girl Talk
listening to his music doesn’t affect my feelings or spending behaviour
towards any of the artists he uses.
bottom line if i want to see Radiohead,
i’m not going to go to a girl talk show to hear the few samples he uses,
i’ll attend a Radiohead show.
i appreciate the controversy being stirred up.
i have a rather entertaining picture of middle aged lawyers,
filing through tall stacks of paperwork late at night,
while hundreds of people dance it out at a club alongside Gregg.
an ambiguous thought on art vs. money:
“everybody has won, and all must have prizes.”
- Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll.
Steal This Hook? - Robert Levine
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