..I believe the legal cutoff is 11 notes.
-Horsepower
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quoted 19 lines unwritten ethical subtexts of developing and/or> >>unwritten ethical subtexts of developing and/or
> >>experimental/underground
> >>cultures is that its ok to borrow, quote, or sample one another as
> >>long as
> >>no one's profiting any more from it than anyone else.
> >
> >ethical, but not necessarily legal...
>
> Which raises the question "how far is too far?" I think everybody on this
> list supports the concept of sampling to one extent or another. What if IDM
> got to rewrite copyright law? To what extent should we respect intellectual
> property? Is there some arbitrary acceptable sample length? Does the sample
> need to be messed up/rearranged to be used? What compensation should artists
> get for the use of their work as samples? When can their work be used with
> or without their permission? When does something become public domain? And
> I don't want what the law is now--what do you think the law should be?
>
> Sam
>
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