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Dirty dancing: in part two of our Take Back the Music series, we go behind the scenes with video girls. As pimp culture goes mainstream, are we getting
They're what male fantasies are made of: One brown-skinned sister, wearing painted-on jeans and four-inch stilettos, is as tall as a runway model but ......(Continue Reading) Ticker tape - rap music in politics; other African American issues - Brief Article
Confidential: Rap music has made a difference in politics for the first time. Hip-hop campaign songs and the presence of its musical heroes are credited ......(Continue Reading)Parody opens the door - US Supreme Court decision expands opportunities for dance schools to use copyrighted music
The music copyright case has enabled dance schools to use copyrighted music under a 'fair use' interpretation of the law. This allows a degree of parody ......(Continue Reading)Princes among thieves: sampling the '80s - hip hop music
I don't recall that the vogue lasted for more than a few years, but one of the things many of us did in the 1980s was to put a music sample on our answering ......(Continue Reading)No Sympathy For the Devils
Byline: Robert MacMillan The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a case today that will try to determine who the bad guys are in the Internet ......(Continue Reading)
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