Re: Samples and looping

[Louigi Verona <louigi.verona@gmail.com>]

 "in Louigi's world, Elvis owes nothing for using the song. (If I've mischaracterized the positions, I apologize.)"

Yeah, that's correct. I would say that paying willingly is fine but you shouldn't be obliged.

On the other hand, guys, there is an interesting thing which happens. If you are not obliged, psychologically you would
tend more to want to thank people who contributed. Eventually people get used to contributing and in the long run it once
again becomes a certain moral obligation. It is an inevitable process. And such moral norms eventually may end up reflected in law (though I believe
today law is way too tiresome and tries to control every aspect of life which is not that good).

So I would say this - paying or crediting or somehow thanking the authors is good. It is part of human nature. But in my 
opinion it should not be governed by law. It should be governed more by common ethics and at the same time be a movement
of a kind heart. In that case when you are creatively building something on top of someone else's material, you feel yourself
part of a community to which you are contributing and the achievements of which you are using in your work, rather than an
individual who "steals" someone else's ideas for his own benefit.

I hope I am not too philosophizing %)

Louigi.