A change in the music-sampling landscape (finally)?

Philly-based DJ & producer (MIA, Major Lazer) Diplo is part of a new company that tackles a massive problem for many upcoming artists and producers.

Sampling.

Ugh - what a pain-in-the-ass.  Always has been, ever since The Turtles starting suing Biz and De La back in the day.  So much red tape - if you didn’t have an entertainment attorney, you weren’t using the sample, period.

Say hello to Legitmix…

…a new platform that allows musicians to legally sample music from other sources— and sell it— without going through the sample-clearing process. Through this particular bit of technology, you can recreate an artist’s DJ set or remix or whatever on your own computer, using the original material that the artist sampled.

If you’re an artist or producer, read that paragraph again.  THIS is progress.  Personally, I’m baffled that artists (especially catalog artists, whom I’m sure could use the dough), haven’t been pressuring the labels to do this a long time ago.

Does this ignite or destroy the mashup/remix market?