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Mr. Lessig sums up the Grey Album matter, asserting that artists "should at least have the right to free their content to mash or remix", an opinion I wholeheartedly agree with. This should be a fundamental right of artists, even if some recording companies prefer to view their artists as indentured servants. The only problem is, we haven't heard from the Beatles yet, so we don't know how they feel about the whole Gray Album deal. Do they mind DJ Danger Mouse's remix of their seminal self-titled album? Or would they prefer to restrict creative use of their music to cover bands?
My first hunch would be that the Beatles wouldn't mind artistic exploration of their music, which itself was influenced by previous generations of Blues, Rock and Roll, and a variety of other musical genres. I'm sure the Beatles would have understood the artistic merits of sampling, even in the 60's, though I'm not certain they've undergone the exercise themselves. (Does anyone know if any Beatles songs have samples in them? Revolution #9?) Yet the Beatles are a wild card; on a few occasions they've shown us how narrow-minded they can be. Take their most recent skirmish with Apple Computer, for example. Apple's Steve Jobs continues to remind us of the beauty of the Beatles' music throughout his Macworld Expo keynote presentations; nevertheless, the Beatles families slap his tiny computer company with a lawsuit once the Mac vendor decides to begin selling music using the Apple name. All because the Beatles have a company of their own called Apple Corps., which is also in the music industry, and they believe they own the rights to any musical Apple. The Beatles should instead be acknowledging that Apple Computer can help expose and distribute their music to an entire new generation, and provide their music to the iTunes Music Store so that people can download it, legally. We'll see who wins that case; as for the Gray matter, until we hear a really great remix of Beatles samples, such as the Beastie Boys 1989 album Paul's Boutique, I don't think we're going to hear too much more about this issue. Not to say that DJ Danger Mouse's remix wasn't interesting and innovative, and certainly creative--it just wasn't great. And the people need something really great to debate. Otherwise, they just don't care.
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