Re: Samples and looping

[Mark Hamburg <mark@grubmah.com>]

Would it be appropriate for a movie producer to take a musician's work  
and use it as a soundtrack without permission or compensation? This is  
after all just sampling it for use in a larger and different artistic  
whole.

If you answer yes, then do you view recorded music as a viable way for  
musicians to make a living?

If you answer no, then how is this different from sampling a movie for  
use in a song?

I appreciate the atmosphere and cultural references that can come from  
using samples, but I also recognize that at some point I'd be  
basically stealing the atmosphere and cultural associations that  
someone else worked to create.

Mark