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.

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

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

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.

This is the official stumbleupon blog... it gives you tips on how to find more interesting things when you stumble and updates you on the latest news

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

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

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 site compares two popular social media sites, del.icio.us and StumbleUpon and tells you the advantages of both sites. From personal experience, StumbleUpon is very addicting and can be detrimental to your life... but totally awesome! As for del.icio.us, I had never heard of it so I found it very interesting.

The ways in which the popular print press in Spain is trying to spread popular music into national media. Interesting insight.

Interesting insight into the gross reality of societal norms and how we conform to fit the standards that are provided for us.