General Information

Author/Creator

Franzen, Benjamin, director.

Language

English.

Published

United States, 2009.

Physical Description

DVD-ROM (53 min.)

Digital ver. identifier

HU_OSA_00003865

Contents/Summary

Summary

The film examines the creative and commercial value of musical sampling, including the related debates over artistic expression, copyright law and money. Long before people began posting their homemade video mashups on the Web, hip-hop musicians were perfecting the art of audio montage through sampling. New technologies developed in the 1980s and 1990s made it easier to reuse existing sound recordings, but soon sampling collided with the law. When recording industry lawyers got involved, what was once called “borrowed melody” became “copyright infringement.” As artists find more inventive ways to turn old tunes into new material, this film poses the question: Can you own a sound?

Subjects

Genre

Documentary films

Bibliographic Information

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Call Number	Status	Shelving Location	Public Note
DVD-ROM	OSA Film Library	FL Record 2218	Available	-	-
Digital film	OSA Film Library	FL Record 2218 (HU_OSA_00003865.mp4)	Available		Access Copy, MP4 format