Plunderphonics
Plunderphonics is a music genre that consists primarily of sampling. The genre’s name was made by composer John Oswald. Plunderphonics is a form of sound collage[1] and the artists who partake in the genre often are committing the crime of Copyright Infringement and piracy. Plunderphonics artists often compose their work on radio shows and live, and only later releasing it to a purchasing public where they profit off of other people's music and claim it as their own. The original Plunderphonics movement started as a libertarian protest of overly restrictive copyright laws put in place by the government, this ideal was later co-opted by the leftists to make it into an anti-capitalist movement. Some of the most famous works of Plunderphonics music include Frank Zappa, NegativLand and DJ Shadow. Plunderphonics work has been more recognized in the mainstream after the trend of "YouTube Poops" became prevalent, which is the act of comedically splicing together clips from famous shows and movies to make them say and do vulgar actions that the copyright owner didn’t intend for. The simplest, 'pure' form of this style of media is DJ (Disc Jockey) mixing where people mix a instrumental from one song and the lyrics from another together.