Quick copyright story for my musician and music-industry friends:
NIN released 'Ghosts I-IV' under a Creative Commons non-commercial share-alike license which means we can sample the tracks for free but can't sell the tracks or make any money in any way from them. Kio, a beat producer sampled them and illegally sold the beat to Lil Nas X, who made the track 'Old Town Road'.
Lil Nas X did the right thing and entered an agreement with Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross who produced Ghosts I-IV to…
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