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I am actually thinking of focusing my project on music sampling and how artists get permission to sample various songs. This website is cool because it gives you a list of different songs that have been sampled in the past. Some songs I had no idea were samples, I thought they were original songs.

This article looks at previous copyright infringement cases based on music sampling as well as different aspects of music sampling and their laws.

This "Copyright Information Services" site, gives a basic explanation of music sampling laws. It also gives the rates which musicians will have to pay to legally be able to sample another musicians music.

This opinion site relates well to my topic; what constitutes music sampling. Musicians are trying to get money from other musicians for copyright infringement... but sometimes it is only two notes that they say were copied. How does court rule out the real copyright infringement cases from the cases that are just musicians trying to make a few extra bucks.

You can compare sampled albums and songs to the originals on a chronological scale

This is an internet database for songs that have been sampled along side the original song as well as songs that have been covered.

Another documentary called GOOD COPY BAD COPY that deals with issues surrounding music copyright, sampling, and intellectual property.

This site give an overview of music sampling laws, including publishing, copyright and contracts.

Looks at the law of copyright infringement and how it should or should not be changed due to the right of creativity and free speech.

"Immerse yourself in the energetic, innovative and potentially illegal world of mash-up media with RiP: A remix manifesto. Let web activist Brett Gaylor and musician Greg Gillis, better known as Girl Talk, serve as your digital tour guides on a probing investigation into how culture builds upon culture in the information age."