Re: [linux-audio-user] so.... u wish to hear something completely horrible

Ryan Heise wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 15, 2006 at 03:30:27PM +0700, Patrick Shirkey wrote:
>> 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...
>
> Hmm :-(
>
>> We are talking about music as art not terrorism.
>
> Here you are implying that my point was about terrorism. It wasn't at
> all.
>
> The example I gave (which you removed from your quote) was about someone
> taking someone else's work and changing it to make it look like the
> original author supported a certain view that he did not.
>

I didn't bother to look at the link. Now that you paraphrase it I still
don't see what your point is. Are you suggesting that propaganda is
illegal and therefore everyone should stop making it?

>
> What is the harm in asking the original author first before using their
> work in a certain way? It is actually quite a thoughtful and respectful
> thing to do.
>

Maybe in your world we all get respect as artists and everyone has the
time to contact a major label to get permission to use a 5 second sample
in a remix they are making for a demo or to share with a few friends.

If that is the case then what planet are you from? It nice to have you
on the list...

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