Why Hasn The Recording Industry Sued Girl Talk?
Peter Friedman has another wonderful post, discussing why music is the “main battleground” in the copyright wars, raising a few good points — including the idea that music master tapes are dying in vaults, causing locked up music to disappear, and highlighting a troubling series of case law decisions that seem to entirely ignore the concept of fair use when it comes to music (some of which we’ve discussed in the past here). But the most interesting point may come at the end, when he brings up something that’s been confusing here as well: how come Greg Gillis — better known as Girl Talk, the popular mashup musician — hasn’t been sued yet. Especially since his Feed the Animals CD came out, generating a ton of publicity and popular press coverage (and sampled from hundreds of songs), pretty much everyone has been waiting for him to get sued. Friedman tosses out a suggestion that makes a lot of sense: the recording industry is scared to death that a court will rule in Girl Talk’s favor
