Ryan Heise wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 09:34:25PM +0700, Patrick Shirkey wrote:
>> I didn't make the track in question. However I have remixed several
>> tracks which incorporate samples from other peoples work with varying
>> degrees of appreciation from people who have listened. I am not the only
>> one to do it and I defend the freedom I have to do it whether it is
>> deemed illegal in some countries or not.
>
> On the surface, this seems like a good argument. I scratched my head for
> a while trying to figure out what was wrong with it, because something
> seemed wrong. Finally I came up with this:
>
> It does not follow that since you appreciate/enjoy something, that you
> ought to have the "freedom" or "right" to do it, because sometimes
> things that you appreciate/enjoy doing can impact negatively on other
> people. When this happens, the law often steps in to protect the other
> people.
>
My heart bleeds...
We are talking about music as art not terrorism.
It's definitely in the realm of artistic credibility to go against the
norm or break the law to make a statement or create your personal
masterpiece.
-- Patrick Shirkey - Boost Hardware Ltd. http://www.boosthardware.com http://lau.linuxaudio.org - The Linux Audio Users guide ======================================== "Anything your mind can see you can manifest physically, then it will become reality" - Macka BReceived on Tue Aug 15 12:15:03 2006
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