Why copyleft is right (and how commercialization is wrong)
Friday, February 15, 2008
Check this out. A six second drum loop from The Winston’s 1969 B-side “Amen Brother” revolutionized modern music, and pop culture as we know it. From early hip hop of the late 1980’s to the UK Rave scene in the early 1990’s this six second loop created the modern break beat and changed the way people made and heard music. The Winston’s never sought compensation for the usurpation of their beat. The funk/soul group of the Baby Boomer Generation gave it freely to the Gen Xers. …
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