The costs of copyright

You might want to check out this fascinating audio essay that illustrates the perverse and socially caustic character of current copyright law by considering the odd history of a single six second drum riff.

UPDATE: Try this link instead. Click on the April 8th program.  It’s the whole program—the piece on the drum riff starts about 3/4’s of the way into the program. It’s preceded by an interesting feature on the theremin.

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