US National Public Radio transcript & mp3 of Girltalk/Shocklee/JB on fair use & digital sampling
Twenty years ago a series of lawsuits criminalized the hip-hop sampling of artists like Hank Shocklee and Public Enemy. And yet, two decades later, artists like Girl Talk have found success breaking those same sampling laws. OTM producer Jamie York talks to Girl Talk, Shocklee and Duke Law professor James Boyle about two decades of sampling – on both sides of the law.
Pandora accounts for 44% of US internet radio royalties
http://musically.com/blog/2010/03/19/pandora-accounts-for-44-of-us-internet-radio-royalties/