16 Aug
2006
16 Aug
'06
1:24 a.m.
Ryan Heise wrote:
On Tue, Aug 15, 2006 at 03:30:27PM +0700, Patrick
Shirkey wrote:
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?
Ryan Heise wrote:
Hmm :-(
On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 09:34:25PM +0700, Patrick
Shirkey wrote:
My heart bleeds... 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.
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.
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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