Copyright Criminals

A documentary on the History of Sampling Copyright Criminals examines the creative and commercial value of musical sampling, tracing the rise of the Hip-Hop from the urban streets of New York to its current status as a multibillion-dollar industry. For more than 30 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 as a "Borro...