Influence Licensing/Influence Rights
This is not a far-fetched idea: The proposition "If you want to claim an influence, I can sell you a license" may be a possibility in the future. As remote as it seems, it is not unconscionable as musicians get creative on alternative income streams.
Now that a musician's influences are readily available on the Internet, "innocent infringement" is more of a possibility. In the past, you'd have to buy the music or listen to it at a library. There was a concerted effort (and in retrospect a more rewarding one) to do the leg work.
Just a year ago I wrote about Hendrix published record collection, and how interesting it was to see his influences. Now theoretically the Hendrix Estate could be sued by all his Blues heroes. Dangerous memes.
Now that a musician's influences are readily available on the Internet, "innocent infringement" is more of a possibility. In the past, you'd have to buy the music or listen to it at a library. There was a concerted effort (and in retrospect a more rewarding one) to do the leg work.
Just a year ago I wrote about Hendrix published record collection, and how interesting it was to see his influences. Now theoretically the Hendrix Estate could be sued by all his Blues heroes. Dangerous memes.
