In a message dated 18/02/00 3:57:15 supine@bway.net writes:
quoted 9 lines perhaps the problem is aesthetic, not moral. Moby managed to make a sow's
>
> perhaps the problem is aesthetic, not moral. Moby managed to make a sow's
> ear out of a silk purse. His collages were too heavily reliant on the
> strength of somebody else's material, his creative contribution was to "
> personalize" something better heard on its own terms. had the result been
> truly creative and interesting, I don't think "moral" questions would arise
> about Moby.
>
> another issue lies in the old dialog about what constitutes a legitimate
use
quoted 1 line of someone else's music vis a vis sampling. using little snippets or riffs
> of someone else's music vis a vis sampling. using little snippets or riffs
to
quoted 4 lines give color to a truly original piece of music is not problematic. using
> give color to a truly original piece of music is not problematic. using
> someone's entire song (as Moby does) without their consent becomes
> problematic, and that has nothing to do with class or race.
>
What would we really say if Moby tried to do so with a UR track???
Is there any real difference with the issue of the Jaguar commercial copy
- or does he get away with a more subtle rip-off of an original because he is
Moby.
A_Zed
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