Copyright lawsuits involving music have been based on the largely mythical concept of originality. The process of making music necessarily involves recycling notes, chords, and lyrics. The attempt to carve out areas of ownership (chord progressions, refrains, a riff) within the finite musical landscape immediately gets bogged down in murky distinctions. Does borrowing a one-line lyric constitute copyright infringement? How about two lines? What happens when the songwriter wasn’t even aware s/he was copying another song? Is sampling legally different than simple imitation? HERE you can listen and download the most famous cases of copyright history on the court incl. Queen/David Bowie v. Vanilla Ice; Rolling Stones v. the Verve. Judge for yaself

Leech these ones ASAP:

• DJ Ayres To Sweden With Love Mix [direct download | playlist]
• Tyler C: Guerilla mixes (via gybo) [direct 1 | direct 2 | direct 3 | direct 4]
• Eclectic Method Solid Steel mix (via blentwell) [direct download]