i’m excited to delve into an investigative article about the culture of “ripping off” artists within the music industry. it has become more and more prevalent, and more and more obvious. i plan on working on it all week, so if you have any ideas or have noticed any interesting rip offs that i probably haven’t, please comment and let me know!
this gif was created by jimmyrepeat and i found it here. i wish i knew how to make gifs.
Previous post: hearting
Next post: copy cats = pussies
When Kanye West released his new music video for “All Of The Lights,” I grew red with anger, and then purple, green, outlined in white, yellow, sparkly and finally, completely out of nowhere, Japanese characters appeared on my skin, even though there is nothing Japanese about me. I felt cheated. Why? Because I had seen [...]
i’m excited to delve into an investigative article about the culture of “ripping off” artists within the music industry. it has become more and more prevalent, and more and more obvious. i plan on working on it all week, so if you have any ideas or have noticed any interesting rip offs that i probably [...]
the girl crush. at times inappropriate, it is mostly accepted in all social circles, especially those that are more experimental than others. though it’s become a fad of sorts to say you think so and so girl is sexy (see any celebrity magazine), it’s a dynamic that has been around for a long time, especially [...]
{ 3 comments… read them below or add one }
define “ripoff.” in my opinion, just because an artist uses an idea from another artist, even blatantly, (see Sleigh Bells’ “Rill Rill” compared to Funkadelic’s “Can You Get to That,”) doesn’t mean it’s a “bad” thing. You can create good shit from good shit. And don’t be fooled, just because it isn’t apparent, doesn’t mean a “ripoff” hasn’t occurred. This video should explain….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIvjxI6QGxE&playnext=1&list=PL115D58EE6AF1B5DD
meeeez you.
a rip off is when an artist uses a creation of another artist and claims it as their own, providing no credit for the artist that inspired them. if kanye and hype williams (the director) had simply released a statement or tagged gaspar noe or enter the void in the youtube info spot, i doubt there would have been any negative responses regarding the authenticity of the video. but because they copy it almost completely and said not one word about the connection to enter the void, i believe they ripped it off. the reason i’m waiting to write my article, though, is because i figure more information about how they got the idea to do the credits that way will come about within the week. it’s a touchy subject for sure, with a lot of gray area, but as long as you provide credit when it’s due, you’re not stealing anything. right? kind of like writing papers for school. if someone were to tell me that they didn’t copy my paper, they just sampled my introduction without saying i wrote it, i’d be pretty pissed.
ps, i meeeeeeeez you too!