Monday, September 12
5:00 PM – 6:15 PM
Lisner Auditorium

07: Sampling and Shared Art

In the 1980s, groundbreaking hip-hop records included hundreds of samples – breakbeats, horn blasts, choruses, police sirens – as the musical foundation for new raps songs.  These albums were nothing short of revolutionary, and the template for today’s hip-hop and rap community. Sampling has moved from the margins to the mainstream, but it’s also led to a new layer of legal control. Using samples in recordings now requires licenses and financial transactions to ensure that creators are compensated for the use of their works, even for the shortest use, from the most obscure source. A panel of attorneys, managers, and hip-hop producers will discuss how does the creative community balances the rights of creators to be compensated for their work with the desire of other artists to reference and sample existing works.

Rick Karr former NPR cultural correspondent/Technopop (moderator)
Jeff Chang Author, Can't Stop Won't Stop
Shannon Emamali Exec Director, DC Chapter, The Recording Academy
Bob Kohn Chairman and CEO, RoyaltyShare, Inc. and Author, Kohn on Music Licensing
Hank Shocklee Music Industry Producer, Founder of Public Enemy, President of Shocklee Entertainment
Siva Vaidhyanathan Assistant Professor of Culture and Communication, NYU

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