[atlantaprog] Re: More about music & the internet (Wilco)

Brian:

 > > How does disallowing sampling without a license equate to racism,
 > > exactly?


Allen:

> I think the reference is because the court's ruling almost exclusively 
         > deals with hip-hop.

Brian:

That makes it racial, not racist. 

Well, any racially based prejudice is likely to be called "racism" these 
days.

I don't see any attempt here to keep the black man down, just to control an unwanted behavior that anyone could indulge in.

But what if it's perceived as something that mainly benefits black people, as Allen argued? I'm not saying Jeff Tweedy is right, I'm just saying that's the sort of thing that makes some people suspicious (whether justified or not).

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