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April 12, 2005

Wilco Fans At The Library

At the New York Public Library on Thursday, Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy and "Elvis of copyright law" Lawrence Lessig got together over Powerpoint slides to discuss the future of intellectual property.

Stereogum doesn't go to libraries, so here's Artforum's review:

Tweedy was laconic, if sweet, humbly explaining the Yankee Hotel Foxtrot episode, his legal settlement with the owners of the cult found-sound collection The Conet Project: Recordings of Shortwave Numbers Stations, from which he sampled the broadcasts that gave the album its title, and his view that current copyright laws incorrectly presume that music is created in a vacuum, free from influence or borrowing. He displayed a bit more zing when he noted that the musicians who complain about file-sharing tend to be super-rich stars "who should never be paid again." "Music makes connections," he said. "To draw boundaries within it is fascism."
You can read more about the event (and Wilco's past adventures in digital music), at NY Times but Lessig prefers you don't.

Posted at 8:07 AM




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I'm curious why Stereogum doesn't go to Libraries?

Posted by: Roger at 04/12/05 11:49 AM | Reply
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Music makes connections- to draw within it's fascism, man.

Posted by: Ken at 04/12/05 11:57 AM | Reply
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as a librarian, I wonder too. libraries are fantastic. and full of free stuff. and hey, the homeless need to look at internet porn too!

Posted by: matthew at 04/12/05 12:22 PM | Reply
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> I'm curious why Stereogum doesn't go to
> Libraries?

Good question! Nothing against libraries ... I just don't go to them. Plus, I don't know how to read. Everything posted here is dictated to an intern (kidding).

Posted by: stereogum at 04/12/05 12:37 PM | Reply
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