Comments on: Santigold’s Label Not Too Pleased With The Creator Of A Mixtape About Her

By: Chris Molanphy

Chris Molanphy — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:27:55 +0000

@Lucas Jensen: I’m no I.P. lawyer — and, for the record, I am solidly pro-mixtape — but as per the letter of copyright law I’m fairly certain that, profit or not, redistributing another person’s I.P. is illegal. This is the same precept that allows the industry to sue kids who share music online with no money changing hands.

By: Lucas Jensen

Lucas Jensen — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:39:23 +0000

@brasstax: And nobody is selling anything here even. I thought it was all fair game unless you profited monetarily from it.

By: brasstax

brasstax — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:28:17 +0000

Maybe I’m over simplifying here, but how is this any different than making collage art from pages of Car & Driver and Better Homes & Gardens? Because ASCAP and BMI have better lobbyists than mag photographers?

By: Lucas Jensen

Lucas Jensen — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:51:21 +0000

I don’t know. I never thought that DM ever did anything wrong because he didn’t sell it. For me, you can get famous of it, as long as you don’t directly profit from it without clearing it. This was a mixtape distributed for free, right? I don’t see what the big deal is.