Music remixes: Copyright infringement or creative expression?

February 14, 2014

Artists including Britney Spears, Ozzy Osbourne & Sting have written to the USPTO objecting to proposals to create compulsory licences for songs featured in remixes, mashups and sampling. But others argue that the current system is stifling creativity in user-generated content. Alli Pyrah reports

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