Some more on Appropriators

I came across this group, found them interesting and their purpose was stated well.

                        




  THE DROPLIFT PROJECT
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                 thirty masterworks of audio collage,
             media appropriation, and other illegal tricks

                for those who can _HEAR_ the difference

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chances are,
if you bought this disc in a store,

it wasn't there because the store owner put it there.
Once we had these CD's printed,  we went into 
record stores in  selected locations the  world over,
leaving copies in the bins for you to find. We used
this "droplift" technique in order to protest the
current state of copyright law in this country.

Why?  Because our art is composed  largely of
uncleared samples.  Each artist on  this CD 
is involved in  a relationship with  media
appropriation,  found sound, and the art of collage.

For the  last hundred years,  artists have recognized
 the  wide possibilities afforded by taking elements
of the world around you  --  newspaper clippings,
photos, magazines, and even manufactured objects
--  and recombining them to form works that are
exciting,  new,  and often comment on who we are
and what the times we live in are like.  The
artists on this CD do the same thing with
sound.

We cut the TV,  radio, tapes,  recordings we've
made,  music we've creatively altered and purloined,
samples we've  found and hidden again,  and even
eachother,  to  weave  our  own  sonic  tapestries
 that describe  our lives  and our times.

Unfortunately,  the  prejudices of others and the
 big business of music make what we do  rather
difficult to  get out there.  Rather limp  and 
bullheaded interpretations  of  copyright  law
 and  irrational  fears  cause  the music
industry  --  and its world of lawyers  -- 
to ignore and threaten us.

All of which gets in the way of our work,
and your enjoyment.

The artists  on this disc  want you to hear
what we've made.  We don't think there's
anything illegal  about it,  so we did what
we could  to get it into your hands. Open
your ears and let us inside for a moment,
you'll see.


The Droplift Project is an art-response to
the current relation of artists and lawmakers
to the techniques of appropriation, collage,
and sampling in music. It has been designed
to play on your Compact Disc Audio Equipment
without modification. Your ears, attention-span,
 and brain may require slight adjustments for
maximum enjoyment of this Quality Product.

lifted from http://www.droplift.org/linernotes.txt

Also, some examples

http://blog.myspace.com/nationalcynical