Quote Originally Posted by dirty_bass
Sample clearance bascially only becomes a problem when the owner of the sample (inevitably a record company) thinks they can get some money or earn some money off of the user of the sample.
For the most part techno gets away with it, because the record companies know that they won`t get anything, either by suing or by relicensing the track with the sample in.
Likewise, filesharing is only a problem when the owner of the tunes, yadda yadda yadda...

I see what you're saying DB, but the telling phrase that both you and Crime used here is "gets away with it"... you realise yourselves that it's wrong but you're saying since you can "get away with it" without being sued, then it's ok?

Well, here's a newsflash - millions of people are "getting away with" downloading mp3s illegally day in day out. Is that ok?

At the end of the day it's violation of copyright in both cases.

Just out of interest... do any of you producers expect non-DJs to splash out £7 on a vinyl because they like a certain tune?