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Hello<div><br></div><div><!--StartFragment--><span style="">Copyright Criminals is a documentary that traces the
rise of hip-hop from the streets of New York to a billion-dollar international
industry. It explores the legal battles musicians have faced for “borrowing
melodies” asks the question <i>can someone own a sound?</i></span><!--EndFragment--> </div><div><!--StartFragment--><span style="">This documentary traces the rise of hip-hop from the
urban streets of New York to its current status as a multibillion-dollar
industry. For more than thirty years, innovative hip-hop performers and
producers have been re-using portions of previously recorded music in new,
otherwise original compositions. When lawyers and record companies got
involved, what was once referred to as a “borrowed melody” became a “copyright
infringement.”</span><!--EndFragment-->
</div><div>Attached is a media alert about the event. </div><div><br></div><div>Thank You. <br><br>
<p><font size="2"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Elizabeth Wambui<br>
Institute for Policy Studies-Northeast Office<br>
E-Mail: <a href="mailto:LizW@Ips-dc.org">LizW@Ips-dc.org</a><br>
Phone: 617-541-0500 Ext. 302<br>
Fax: 617-541-0533<br>
Program on Inequality and Common Good<br>
(<a href="http://www.extremeinequality.org">www.extremeinequality.org</a>)<br><br><br></span></font>
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