Getting from RLS to Knowledge Question

1.What do these songs have in common?

Rhymin & Stealin by Beastie Boys (1986)
Lyrical Gangbang by Dr. Dre feat. The Lady of Rage, Kurupt and RBX (1992)
Army of Me by Bjrk (1995)
Taking Control by Aphex Twin (2001)
Man Next Door by Massive Attack (1998)
http://www.whosampled.com/Led-Zeppelin/When-the-Levee-Breaks/
2. They all use a recording of John Bonhams drum track from the song When the Levee
Breaks recorded from one of his actual performances.
3. Is it ok? Make a brainstorm on a t-chart to answer this question and share. What knowledge
issues arise?
4. Another case in which this happened was The Amen Break:
The Amen break is a 6 to 7 second (4 bar) drum solo performed in 1969 by Gregory
Cylvester "G. C." Coleman in the song "Amen, Brother" performed by the 1960s funk
and soul outfit The Winstons. The Amen Break was used extensively in early hiphop and
sample-based music, and became the basis for drum-and-bass and jungle music"a
six-second clip that spawned several entire subcultures." It is one of the most sampled
loops in contemporary electronic music and arguably the most sampled drum beat of all
time.Neither the performer, drummer G. C. Coleman, nor the copyright owner Richard L.
Spencer have ever received any royalties or clearance fees for the use of the sample,
nor has either sought royalties. (EX: Straight Outta Compton)
Is this situation different? Why or why not?
5. Add some information:
John Bonham: millionaire rock star.
Led Zeppelin: notorious for ripping off blues musicians
GC Coleman: Session drummer. Paid flat fee. Died in poverty.
Does this change your conclusion?
Does your moral intuition tell you that the two scenarios are different?
What might moral reasoning say?
Introduce schools of ethics: Consequentialism= depends on the situation, Deontology= focuses
on the rightness/wrongness of the actions themselves (it is wrong to steal period)
6. So which AOK and WOK are we talking about here? How does personal and shared
knowledge play a role?

7. Developing a knowledge questions from this RLS- zooming out

Close up: Was it ethically right for artists to use Bonhams drum track sample in their own work
without attributing credit or money?
Zoom out (incorporate AOK, WOK):
Birds Eye View (remove AOK/WOK):