15 Aug
2006
15 Aug
'06
1:55 a.m.
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.
Here is a story about such a situation:
http://langintro.com/kintro/whycc.htm
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Ryan Heise
http://www.ryanheise.com/