[Dynagroove] So HipHop DJ Drama gets arrested for making mixtapes...

[Don Armstrong]

On Thu, 18 Jan 2007, aaron at tohzt.com wrote:
> I think the thing is this case is that the mixtapes were being sold,
> no?

This is actually a common misconception; there's no protection (at
least in the US) for merely giving away copyrighted material unless
you're the copyright holder or have been otherwise licensed to do so.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_copyright_law#Exclusive_rights

has a relatively good explanation of it. [That's why Creative
Commons,[1] the FSF,[2] and other similar groups have been formed to
try to convince artists and authors to license some of their rights to
everyone, so mixtapes and other creative amalgamations can happen.]


Don Armstrong

1: http://creativecommons.org
2: http://fsf.org
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