This thread makes me
want to hunt up my copy of Dread Zeppelin’s 500,000 Miles. From: Never really struck me as a valid
explanation, this question of "rights". My understanding
of copyright is that anybody can cover anybody else's songs as long as the
proper royalties are paid, where applicable. This was further expanded
back in the eighties when 2 Live Crew appropriated "Born In The USA"
as a theme for one of their raps, where it was decided that even in a parody
one doesn't need to get prior permission to use the composed tune. Just think of the hundreds of Beatles
covers out there. In no way was there any quality control exercised by
the copyright holders. They just wanted to be assured that if that
treacly version of "Let It Be" was released, they would be paid their
cut. Sampling, however, gets a bit more
expensive and does need prior permission before release unless it's under the
radar, like the new Girl Talk album on Illegal Arts, which is some kind of
wack. (It's called Night Ripper, if'n you're interested.) Not Dead Yet, As for the WHY of ultimately deciding to play it (and
release it on album), I'm not really sure. --Milhouse I'd be willing to bet that it was released because FZ
could purchase the rights to do so, unlike the Texas Motel Medley where he
couldn't. I know that some of the Lawyers is such crazy peoples! SOFA Check out AOL.com today.
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