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Actually you don't need to have the full song to have a copywright infringement. Ask Vanilla Ice, or any other artist who has ever used a sample how much of a song is needed for copywright infringement.

Thanks for commenting and offering your insight, Evan.

From my perspective, I think the overriding question was for what purpose content was used. The fact that only portions of the performance(s) were used which were germane to the discussion would seem to further support the idea that those clips were used because they were necessary for conveying a point about the artist, rather than in the creation of related art without consent.

To label Malkin's YouTube post as a copyright infringement one must also say that the AP could not print photos snapped of a collapsed bleacher during the Super Bowl without the NFL's consent.

That Akon has become a human train wreck is his own fault, not that of those who simply wish to report it. Akon has done something far outside the scope of his music, and as such, he has become a legitimate story, as have the lyrics that seem to convey a value system no doubt largely responsible for his behavior, as has the video of his assault of the child. I would suspect if he faces prosecution, those lyrics and may well be used along with that video as evidence against him.

thanks so much Martin for sharing this story..the Truth needs to be told..even if he is Musssssslim!