Re: Samples and looping

[tim echols <eekamouse67@yahoo.com>]

is this somewhat akin to the picasso quote that "talent is the ability to 
steal, and genius is the ability to steal unnoticed"?

time

>  "in Louigi's world, Elvis owes
> nothing for using the song. (If I've mischaracterized
> the positions, I apologize.)"
> 
> Yeah, that's correct. I would say that paying willingly
> is fine but you shouldn't be obliged.
> 
> 
> On the other hand, guys, there is an interesting thing
> which happens. If you are not obliged, psychologically you
> would
> tend more to want to thank people who contributed.
> Eventually people get used to contributing and in the long
> run it once
> 
> again becomes a certain moral obligation. It is an
> inevitable process. And such moral norms eventually may end
> up reflected in law (though I believe
> today law is way too tiresome and tries to control every
> aspect of life which is not that good).
> 
> 
> So I would say this - paying or crediting or somehow
> thanking the authors is good. It is part of human nature.
> But in my 
> opinion it should not be governed by law. It should be
> governed more by common ethics and at the same time be a
> movement
> 
> of a kind heart. In that case when you are creatively
> building something on top of someone else's material,
> you feel yourself
> part of a community to which you are contributing and the
> achievements of which you are using in your work, rather
> than an
> 
> individual who "steals" someone else's ideas
> for his own benefit.
> 
> I hope I am not too philosophizing %)
> 
> Louigi.
> 
>