Comments on: “Copyright Criminals” Features James Brown’s Original Funky Drummer

By: Dogbite

Dogbite — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:14:37 +0000

GREAT POST!

By: joerock

joerock — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 21:01:51 +0000

its not biting if you flip the script tho is it.

ironically i cant watch the whole thing here in the UK because of regional rights…bollocks!

By: Pako the Panik ATL

Pako the Panik ATL — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 09:29:35 +0000

Theirs a term for it in the B-Boy world!….Its called biting!…As a matter a fact. Thats known throughout Hip Hop!…but comin from a music stand point. I say do it till you don’t get caught, but if you have respect from whom you sample from or bite from. you get their blessing or break them off. Thats Music, Money and politics when it comes to goin big or making a name for yourself!…plus some!

By: Calvin

Calvin — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:47:08 +0000

Post updated with a link where you can stream the entire doc. from PBS.

By: Calvin

Calvin — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:32:27 +0000

Word, thanks for contributing and clarifying. I was aiming more along the lines of trying to show that b-boys danced on the break and that the “B” in “b-boy” doesn’t stand for “Bronx” or “beat” (according to Herc anyway) — I probably could have written that more clearly.

But yeah, it’s easy to get frustrated with all the people arguing in circles about stuff like that, especially online. Glad to have your feedback!

By: seipt

seipt — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:11:20 +0000

Oh okay, thanks. I’ll have to agree with him, it doesn’t really matter in the end. I guess all the arguments about where it comes from are getting to me.
And btw thanks for posting the trailer!

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:54:57 +0000

Word, if you watch our interview with Kool Herc at about the 2:15 mark he explains where it came from. He seems to imply that what the “b” literally stands for really isn’t that important, saying that it means “the artform of it, freestyling.”

Check it out here: http://morethanastance.com/features/of/2009/11/kool-herc-the-uncut-interview/

By: seipt

seipt — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:31:01 +0000

In “the freshest kids” Kool Herc says that the b in “bboy” didn’t come from the break on the record, but from the term “break” which meant to start trouble (or something like that).

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:30:08 +0000

On the other side of things, if you took that collage and sold 100,000 of them and made a ton of money, the people whose photographs you used might think you owed them something.

It’s all good when it’s a school project and you aren’t making any money, but start making a business out of it and you’ll piss some people off.

I understand both sides of it, but I can understand being a bass player and hearing my bass line in a hip hop song and thinking that either they should have gotten my permission to use my music or they should pay me.

By: khmaihalf

khmaihalf — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 05:39:17 +0000

now thats just crazy talk….1:20 to 1:24 makes so much sense…..its like you cant to do a collage with out pictures, i remember in high school or middle school we would do cutouts from magazines and mash them up for projects, so does that mean its copyright?? am i going to jail for a school project? its stupid in my opinion and dj qbert in the beginning just grabbed my attention with that sound…..ooo man what is america coming to

By: Vizion

Vizion — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:48:19 +0000

It wasn’t until money got big, that the lawyers moved in…corporate america.

By: lol

lol — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:38:52 +0000

Freshh

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:46:42 +0000

Great Post!!

CREATIVE COMMONS!