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...though not exclusively, rappers). An injustice is not done to the public when these performers sample a riff or fill--rather, the injustice is done to the original artist. Thus, Vanilla Ice's stories about his ghetto youth are almost comical, while his blatantly false claims to writing the bass line to "Ice, Ice Baby" are chilling (his line differs by one half beat from a David Bowie/Queen collaboration...
...Hammer can pretape his shows, and if the audience wants to see them that's fine. But if he samples the bass line to "Superfreak" by Rick James and makes millions from another artist's work while giving James no credit whatsoever, that constitutes plagiarism. Anyone who has heard both "Jamie's Crying" by Van Halen and "Wild Thing" by Tone-Loc can easily see that Tone-Loc in the most obvious sense of the word stole the guitar riff and drum beat (Van Halen, understandably, sued...
...another way: if Vanilla Ice were a music major at Harvard, he would almost certainly be expelled for submitting the bass line to "Ice, Ice Baby" as his own work. I'm not suggesting that sampling of other artists' songs should be eliminated. But if the sample is a recognizable fragment of the other song, the sampler should seek written permission (and, if the original artist requests, pay something...
...their own shops. "It's impossible to compete against them," complains association president William Boettge. For small stores, outlets are "making a tough business all the tougher," says John Cox, a recently retired shoe-shop owner in Lawrence, Kans., who saw his business drop more than 15% after a Bass outlet opened nearby and undercut his prices 20% to 30%. The 21,000-member National Sporting Goods Association also discourages manufacturers from opening outlets, though their protests have had little effect...
...shoppers, of course, they are a blessing, but not without some pitfalls. Service can be spotty to nonexistent. At Bass shoe outlets, for instance, the customer himself must find the right size shoes. Often the latest styles and fashions are not offered at outlets, and there may be a limited selection of sizes. Nor is getting a bargain guaranteed. Prices have edged up as yesteryear's bare-bones outlet stores full of seconds and irregulars have given way to today's fancy discount malls full of first-quality goods. "You need a good eye or you can still get ripped...