Recent content by gsage

Actually, if I remember correctly, wasn't the 2 Live Crew / Roy Orbison case one where Fair Use was determined to extend to not only the underlying melody and Lyrics, but to the audio sample itself? If so, doesn't that indicate that the predicates of Fair Use can also be extended to the...

The two initial assumptions, I was relatively sure of (Fair Use relating to political speech / Separate issue for master recording rights). To clarify Q1: If the only legal exposure lies with the recording itself, then if an impersonator was hired to recreate the text so the initial recording...

Ahhh... so your textbook irony was meant.... UN-ironically. Got it. I won't make the mistake of taking you literally again. Your medical analogy may be too subtle, though. My non-legal mind still doesn't get it.

Some of them are even better. I tend to like "Stable Genius." I could point to plenty of other examples, but the outcome always seems to be the same. Nearly everything he does contains samples in both audio and video of political speech, and I can't find any evidence that he's ever...

Ignoring that hiring a lawyer is, by definition... seeking advice about important matters from a stranger... I don't think I AM confused... on the basic copyright issues. I could be wrong, but my initial take on the technicalities of Fair Use as it pertains to the underlying text vs the...

I generally assume that the text (not the actual recording) of political speeches can be legitimately used via the Fair Use Doctrine if used in a song that parodies and rebuts the points in the speech. I further generally assume that there is a separate issue with the recordings themselves, and...