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 -- Ryan Heise http://www.ryanheise.com/
