The Hargreaves Review of British intellectual property policy is to be published this morning.. and as you will see, the leaks were as misleading as they were revealing….. My Financial Times column follows…
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Music
The Jazz Problem?
Another note in the research annals of our forthcoming comic on the history of musical borrowing. For those who read about today’s wars over hip hop sampling and digital remix and think it a new battle fuelled by technological change, here’s an image that shows how old the fights are — even if one doesn’t trace them as far back as Plato. › Continue reading
Listen to the Music from the Book
Chapter 6 of the book describes the history of a single song — a protest at the government’s handling of Hurricane Katrina called George Bush Doesn’t Care About Black People. It traces the origins of that song back through the 20th century. A number of people have asked me to point them towards online versions of the music discussed in the chapter. › Continue reading
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