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

[Novensiles divi Flamen]

I've been following this debate with a modicum of interest. I'm sorry I didn't 
download the track earlier, the link is now dead. I didn't read it closely 
enough at first as I was in Bangkok airport... You used Dev/Null - awesome! I 
know he'd be stoked you used and distributed it, and we'd both love to 
actually hear the mix. Andrew, please contact me off-list with a link.

As to the actual debate about copyright, I feel certain people are missing the 
point of DJ's. DJ's play *other peoples* music. That is their primary 
function. *Some* DJ's are also producers, and mix in their own work with a 
set, but that is neither the norm nor their mainstay. People who play totally 
orignal music are known as *artists* and typically have a clear delineation 
from DJ's. I've been known to use some of my own beats in a set, but I 
guarantee that without playing other peoples music I wouldn't get any gigs. 
Likewise if I was merely a Jukebox who played the full song as the artist 
released I would quickly be replaced by XMMS + crossover plugin. Mixing it up 
varies from simple crossovers and beat mixing to sampling to overlays... the 
extent of the mix is only relevant to the moment. It is all valid.   

Considering Andrew used a DJ mixing program, {openly} played other peoples 
music and did it all live, I think that places him {at least for this track} 
firmly in the DJ camp. 

Ah! But he didn't just play it live in a club or on radio, he put it online. 
That is a rather normal thing to do. We used to regularly record our live 
sets and stick them online after a show. I would send artists emails pointing 
them to it, because I figured they'd like to hear it. Of all the artists who 
responded I never once got a reply questioning my right to do this. True, I 
was never really into playing major label artists, but the point is that the 
artists understood this was an essential part of the game and welcomed the 
exposure. Often it was a good way to get sent free and pre-release CD's.

Applying the minutae of copyright law to small-time DJ's is inappropriate and 
counter to industry norms. Once you start *selling* a mixed CD you enter a 
whole new arena, but we're not seeing that in this case. DJ's mixing and 
mashing is a vibrant, fun and important part of the audio eco-system. 
Distributing your mixes is known as 'sharing' or possibly 'marketing' - 
not 'stealing' or 'copyright infringement'. I say go for it!

- Noven
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