Yeah, the "once a piece of art is in the world you lose ownership of it" thing applies to how an individual perceives and interprets it's meaning, not the right of the artist to control how and when it's used.

I think it's technically legal as long as they don't enable ads, but rights issues with youtube are legion and super complicated so, I dunno?

The argument is that the record label wouldn't get the clearance for the song licenses, either because it would be prohibitively expensive or The Eagles or Pink Floyd or Bob Dylan or whomever wouldn't clear the song using the sample so it would never appear on the album.

If his estate has a problem with my user name I'll gladly change it.

All of those things are accounted for under the law.

An artist having control over how their work is used is a greater good than any unintended consequences are harmful.

I think there is also a very good chance that Matador fucked up.

Yes. An artist should have complete control over how their work is used.

Yes, and it's an apples and oranges comparison.

To me that just says that Ocasek liked Stacy's Mom and not this song, which means he probably nixed it on aesthetic grounds.

Do you seriously not understand the difference between paying homage and straight up lifting a verse?

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I did not realize that.

Fair.

Even if they did there is a huge difference in doing that and lifting an entire verse, completely with chord progressions. Also, if Ocasek heard Stacy's Mom and liked it and heard the CSH song and didn't like it then he's completely within his rights to refuse one and not the other, although I doubt that's what…

Then I'm glad copyright law has progressed to the point where they have enough control over their back catalog to prevent the use of their song in a way they don't like.

I dunno, Paul's Boutique samples The Eagles and I don't think more than a handful of people, if that, suddenly became Eagles fans and bought The Long Run because of High Plains Drifter.

Why? So he can win and further solidify the legal precedent?

Yes, I'm sure Ric Ocasek is very concerned with scoring "cool points" and introducing a new generation of listeners to a song that can be heard multiple times a day on a variety of radio formats, in commercials, in movies, on television shows, and retail outlets.

Well, Ohio Express might've actually liked his song and given him permission as well, but I doubt you know either way and it doesn't change the fact that he's well within his rights to refuse to let them use the song if he doesn't like the end product.