I wrote that reply hurriedly as I was cross and I am in the middle of pre Easter deadlines but it has since occurred to me that most people do think of recording, photographing, writing, etc as artistic endeavours - in a romanticised way. But it is still a form of labour and there is hard work in adminstrating these endeavours, time involved, and just sweat and hussling. It's not all glamour.
On the flip side I think there is a creative element in other fields - promoting, being an agent or a manager or publicist - that is rarely recognised, which is a shame. (This is going off the topic.) My guess is that Louis will get more money from having French Kiss sampled by Lil' Kim than he got off sales from the actual record. Maybe he would like to reissue his own stuff? I wish he would or could as I would like all of his back catalogue too. >I'd have to agree with Cyclone, as someone that works within the copyright >industry, it is very important that artists (workers) have the right to say >no, but more importantly to right to say yes. Napster had created a >situation where the choice was non existent.
