Pennsylvania’s Democratic Representative Mike Doyle made a moving statement on the congressional floor last week in defense of music mashups and mix tapes.
Doyle discussed remix artist Girl Talk, arrested mix tape maker DJ Drama and even Paul McCartney’s admission that he used a bass line right out of a Chuck Berry song. The statement was made as part of the very important (and frightening) congressional debates about the future of radio.
It’s an awesome statement that I won’t retype here (other people have) but I will show you the section of the congressional testimony in video where Doyle speaks up for remix culture. The testimony appears to have been first blogged by Pitchfork and it’s highlighted tonight with background, context and analysis at The 463. Big thanks to John Hartman of media consultancy Feedia for pulling down this video and cutting it up for me in a hurry while I’m on EVDO at South by Southwest. Unfortunately the video quality was poor when it came out of Congress, but I think it’s fun to watch anyway.
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