Was Foucault a plagiarist? Hip-hop sampling and academic citation Export

@article{citeulike:838354, abstract = {This article argues that comparing academic citation and hip-hop sampling can help students become better users of sourcework. I contend that sampling and academic writing share a goal of building new work in response to existing sources and that this goal is obscured by lawsuits that reduce sampling to theft by applying to sound a copyright regulation system designed for print. Both sampling and citing seek to build new compositions by working from sources, yet academic citation systems preserve textual ownership through attribution while sampling often guards or disguises its sources. These different stances in regard to authorship and ownership belie the values shared by the two systems.}, author = {Hess, Mickey}, citeulike-article-id = {838354}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compcom.2006.05.004}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6W49-4KKNNC5-3/2/4470a5dd5639207df5496f504c97c6d0}, doi = {10.1016/j.compcom.2006.05.004}, journal = {Computers and Composition}, keywords = {drm, technology, writing}, number = {3}, pages = {280--295}, posted-at = {2006-09-10 01:34:52}, priority = {2}, title = {Was Foucault a plagiarist? Hip-hop sampling and academic citation}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compcom.2006.05.004}, volume = {23}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:838354 L3 - citeulike-article-id:838354 N2 - This article argues that comparing academic citation and hip-hop sampling can help students become better users of sourcework. I contend that sampling and academic writing share a goal of building new work in response to existing sources and that this goal is obscured by lawsuits that reduce sampling to theft by applying to sound a copyright regulation system designed for print. Both sampling and citing seek to build new compositions by working from sources, yet academic citation systems preserve textual ownership through attribution while sampling often guards or disguises its sources. These different stances in regard to authorship and ownership belie the values shared by the two systems. IS - 3 JF - Computers and Composition EP - 295 TI - Was Foucault a plagiarist? Hip-hop sampling and academic citation VL - 23 SP - 280 KW - drm KW - technology KW - writing AU - Hess, Mickey PY - 2006/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compcom.2006.05.004 ER -