in addition to what Ze MigL said, I totally agree, there is no sense in re-inventing the wheel. When you´re working with a 4/4 rhythm you can be pretty sure that just about every constellation has already been done. But if you just let your inspiration flow, you will come up with something unique (in it´s own way) every time.

The violin had been there for a long time and beethoven, mozart, etc all used it in their own way. Composers don´t have to create new insruments to be original, it´s mainly what you do with what is already there.

But that still implies that YOU (as an artist) have to do it, not take what someone else did and sell it as your work. At least that´s the way I feel it should be. And from what I read so far, everyone here seems to agree on this :D

Now with techno, we have to possibility to use samples from everywhere: movies, nature, machines... nothing wrong with that, as it is not a composition we are stealing. We are still creating something new. Unlike if you just take a loop, add one or two bleeping sounds and call it your work. That´s just bullshit.
There´s a new Label from Germany, where pretty much every release is stolen music with some hardtrance synths added on top. They got loops from Speedy J, Chris Varela, Glenn Wilson, Chris Liebing, appearantly also Sven Wittekind and Patrik Skoog in there and basically just edited those loops a bit, added their hardtrance bassdrum and a stupid synth. And this shit is selling.

I hope people notice and won´t buy those records. There is a lot of original music out on the market, there is no reason to support anyone who steals other people´s work and effort. If this doesn´t come to a stop, techno may someday be what pop is now. Recycled uninspired manufactured music, designed to sell.