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Incredible to think that rap music would never have existed or become a popular genre if this law existed in the 80's and was weaponized against artists.

Ultimately this will strengthen a labels position as signed artists will be "allowed" to be influenced by songs the record label already owns.

Anyone else will be stuck in court.

There's a fantastic documentary on this called Copyright Criminals that breaks down this area and just how intertwined the entire music industry is as artists are naturally inspired by each other. The conclusion from this film was that innovation and creation will then come from places where these laws do not exist.