THURSDAY, MARCH 25
Slayers Club & Kid Kameleon, with Support from Electronic Frontier Foundation and Creative Commons, Present:
COPYRIGHT CRIMINALS
Film Screening

Copyright Criminals examines the creative and commercial value of musical sampling, including the related debates over artistic expression, copyright law, and (of course) money.

w/ A Very Special Live Performance By
STEINSKI (of Double Dee & Steinski)
The sampling mastermind behind the "Lessons" series of cut-n-paste pastiche mixes that he originated with Double Dee in the early 80's, Steve Steinski is one of the innovators of the remix and has influenced a generation of new producers, performers and DJ's - Girl Talk and Kanye would be nowhere without this guy! He has collaborated with experimental hip-hop luminaries such as Afrika Bambataa, DJ Shadow, Cut Chemist and scores more.

Steinski will unveil a brand-new, all live set of cut-ups, original beats and samples just before embarking upon a European tour. His appearances in SF are extremely rare so don't sleep on this piece of dancefloor history!

Support from
REN the VINYL ARCHAEOLOGIST (trueskool.com)
SLAYERS CLUB (theslayersclub.com, daly city records)
KID KAMELEON (surya dub, XLR8R)

Live Graffitti Painting, B-Boy Performances and more!

@ MIGHTY, 119 Utah St., San Francisco
$5 ALL NIGHT
Doors at 7pm
Film at 9pm
Set Times TBA
http://mighty119.com

About COPYRIGHT CRIMINALS:
This documentary traces the rise of hip-hop from the urban streets of New York to its current status as a multi-billion dollar industry. For more than thirty 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 to as a “borrowed melody” became a “copyright infringement.”

The film showcases many of hip-hop music’s founding figures like Public Enemy, De La Soul, and Digital Underground—while also featuring emerging hip-hop artists from record labels Def Jux, Rhymesayers, Ninja Tune, and more.

It also provides an in-depth look at artists who have been sampled, such as Clyde Stubblefield (James Brown’s drummer and the world’s most sampled musician), as well as commentary by another highly sampled musician, funk legend George Clinton.

As artists find ever more inventive ways to insert old influences into new material, this documentary asks a critical question, on behalf of an entire creative community: Can you own a sound?

More info at http://theslayersclub.com