-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Patrick Shirkey schrieb: >...to get > permission before doing so. It's also highly impractical in many cases. To demand a permission for a remix, that is noncommercial (or sold very little on selfmade CD) is too much for my taste also, attribution and correct credits is not such a big chunk of work, at least if some copies of a CD are sold or if a track is uploaded to the net, the relevant names should be on the cover/in the tag > > I don't remember suggesting that. You have perceived my comments that way. > allright, so let us forget about that - you are well aware, that most musicians do not need any samples. > > I don't give a !!! If an artist wants to remix someone else's work then > they should be free to do so. If they want to sell it without clearing > the license then they should expect to hear from a lawyer. > This i agree, yet i can imagine, not to sue a small-lable artist, that uses my stuff, cares for the attribution, and makes little or no money by selling it. And of course i would sue anybody, that i learn to use my stuff, "forget" the attribution and sell a single CD }>:-] > So now you are suggesting that a remix is a nearly pointless exercise > done by someone who is incapable of technical expertise with more > advanced audio software? > At least if such person does not care for the source, from wich his tracks are derived - i think there is in deed some incapability >> And yes! the whole concept of open source is the opposite of leeching >> - - it is respectfull collaboration for mutual advantage >> and public interest. >> > > So now a remix is leeching as well as thievery and to top it off highly > immoral and a reflexion of an inferior personality? > A remix is not leeching, if the origination of the used recordings is not ignored > This is great. I'm looking forward to finding out more about the level > of musical snobbishness that abounds in this community. > You state, that a musician has the privilege to break every rule, he/she needs to break, if needed to make the work of art and than you dare to criticize musicians for being snobs??! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFE4ypw1Aecwva1SWMRAr6qAJoDqauDFVu3rGpZWFE9tN678SMjUACfTUjf IuyyOmHAIcTSx/Do37KSUTc= =ERqt -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----