On Sat, 19 April 1997, at 01:51:43, brenden1@ix.netcom.com wrote:
quoted 8 lines I appreciate your opinion, and nobody can deny that they are> I appreciate your opinion, and nobody can deny that they are
> "influenced" by previous musical accomplishments. I thought we were
> discussing incidents where someone actually use part or all of one of
> your compositions under their name. An example that comes to mind is an
> incident involving Mark Gage. He says someone slowed down one of his
> songs, changed the name, and proceeded to release it on a compilation
> cd. That is hardly flattery or musical evolution. And unless your
> material is properly protected this kind of thing can happen.
In this situation, I would think flattery would have to include enough
respect for the artist and his work to approach him... Copyright is a
weird thing, and it works better with some industries than others..
It's kind of one of those deep own ideology things for me.
UnFortunately, things I create are only created out of what is already
there. Therefore, I must resign myself to putting my creation in the
same circumstances. Someone shouldn't be able to take credit for
someone elses work, but they should be able to utilize that work to
create their own. Or at least that's how I see it ;)
--brett