Re: "CD manufacturers were sued, and lost..."

today's nytimes arts section has a story on the event. also at: http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/news/arts/pop-life.html look halfways down the page to "Sampling Success"

one new turn of the worm is there:

"Two days ago, in response to complaints from Negativland fans, the association tried to make its position on sampling -- a legal gray area -- a little clearer by amending its guidelines to CD-pressing plants, saying that in some instances "sampling may qualify as fair use under copyright law" and recommending that CD plants consult their lawyers to decide how to handle each situation. Hillary Rosen, the association's president, said that now a band without sample clearance can still make a case to get its CD pressed."

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