Copyright Criminals: Can You Own a Sound?

Explore the foundations of copyright law and its response to hip-hop sampling in the 90s.

This Community Classroom educational module teaches the basic foundations of copyright law and how the music industry began to respond legally to sampling as hip-hop grew in popularity in the 1990s.

AIR DATE 2/4/13

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