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Sampling in 1988: an Australian TV documentary

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667K views · 14 years ago · documentary

A late-1980s TV report on the new art of sampling, with producers, musicians and critics arguing over whether it's creativity or theft, before the law caught up.

A time capsule of the sampling debate at its start; many of the arguments are still being made today.

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