I don't think it's amazingly unrealistic to reduce it to that, yeah - that's what it always comes down to, every time an artist or label has got pissed about someone making cash out of sampled work. Basically, by most people's moral codes, the guy who does the work deserves the reward. In this case Dan Bell is seen as the guy who's done the work, but Josh Wink is going to get the reward - not just cash, but props, and strengthening of his reputation as a "master producer" in the mainstream dance music industry. This is seen as unfair, and hence people get pissed. At the end of the day, money does matter - it pays the bills. I'm sure many of us would like to see Dan Bell get a cut of whatever revenues Josh's track brings in. Maybe this moral take on things is wrong, and the guy who does the work *shouldn't* get the reward - maybe the guy who's able to pull off the cheeky exploit and benefit from the work should be seen as ultimately the smartest and most canny guy, and therefore the guy who deserves the cash. That's what Adam Smith would presumably say...
Brendan -----Original Message----- From: Jones, George [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 12 April 2002 17:27 To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; Jones, George; [email protected] Subject: RE: [313] Bell v Wink So then... I'm to assume the problem is money? Josh could make lotsa money off of this and everyone's pissed? Is this the case? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 12:27 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] Subject: RE: [313] Bell v Wink > -----Original Message----- > From: Jones, George [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 12 April 2002 17:10 > > Everyone is "inspired" by another artists work at > some point in time, why are you guys making such > a fuss over this one instance? The distinction is that Wink stands to make quite a lot of money from his track, while most of the other guys who do tracks that are derivative of Dan Bell's work just put out obscure 12" that only us weirdos even hear about, let alone buy. That's what's annoying - the amount of reward Wink gets for a piece of derivative work is utterly out of scale with the effort and creativity he's injected into it. No-one would even be speaking about this if Josh Wink was an unknown, dropping 500 pressings of a DBX-style tune on a label no-one had heard of. Maybe it's just envy - perhaps we'd all like a job where all we do is make lazy, plagiaristic tracks, using a deep pool of underground music to draw from, and then banking serious cash as the general public flock to our "new" and "innovative" releases. It'd be easy, wouldn't it? I'd make a track that was a pretty straight copy of "Rhythm" from Minimal Nation - sampling George Clinton as well, but programming the main melody line on a Nord Lead and maybe sticking some 909 rimshots in as well, then wait for the dollars to roll in while suing everyone who mentions the name "Robert Hood" on a message board. Life would be good! Legal Disclaimer This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message that arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy version. This message is provided for informational purposes only. our website at: http://www.widelearning.com Wide Learning is a trading name of Wide Multimedia Ltd Registered office: 33-41 Dallington Street, London EC1V 0BB Company number: 3339664 VAT number: 690 8399 83 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
