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[โ€“] MtDewaholic@lemm.ee 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

At least the De La Soul situation was understandable. Imagine the amount of time it must have taken to track down and relicense every sample.

[โ€“] chocobo13z@pawb.social 7 points 1 year ago

The fact that visual collage can exist so easily, and yet audio collage is facing an uphill battle, some 40 years later, feels like a big indicator that copyright law in the US still needs a massive overhaul