from The Wire (not to be confused with Wired) June 99
Matt Wand (of Stock Hausen & Walkman)
"What I don't like about Negativland is their ridiculously idealistic
stance. It took years and years for musicians to get copyright on music.
I mean, it's got completely out of hand, but to dismantle it would be
impossible."
http://www.detritus.net/illegalart/
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"We're afraid of getting sued because it mentions a product name. We can't print the word NyQuil on the record, so we had to call the song something else besides "NyQuil Driver". But we can say it in the song all we want, we're just not allowed to [print it on the record]. We didn't want to get sued. . . I don't even know why NyQuil would be upset. Is it that we are suggesting that there is something wrong with their product? Or, is it that we would be stealing their customers away by getting them to buy records instead of cold medicine?" -John Linnell of They Might Be Giants, about the song 'AKA Driver'