sometimes the lines between remix and sampling are blurred tho, e.g. geezers remix / sampling of Mel and Kim could be construed as an unathorised remix, but I would guess the man himself probably just see's it as using a sample..., lets be honest lots of unauthorised sampling goes on in underground dance music, and always has. My personal belief is that once you put something out in the public domain then it's out of your control - increasingly so with the net mp3's etc... in the same way that noboy can stop you recording the radio, nobody can really stop you remixing a track. Blatant rip off's will obviously do little to further your career and may possibly result in gonad removal and / or bankruptcy, but there you go. Dave Angel launched his career by doing an unauthorised remix of sweet dreams, and it got picked up released, although i suspect in these less dance music niave times this would be unlikely to happen now...