Alphadeus

It is ok, I feel like it is a tool in a Toolbox. Can be good, can be bad. For instace, Hideki Naganuma's Sonic Rush OST is very heavily sample based and it is stupid crazy good

I don't really mind.
I guess it can lead to some misunderstandings if a sample is the strongest part of the song, the bit with the most hummable melody or the refrain you want to sing and from ignorance you think it's from the sampling artist instead of the the samplee.
Still I don't think I mind, especially when it's from genres where it's pretty clear that no, the bald dude who does the scratches doesn't somehow have the voice of a gospel singer ...

Our current understanding of how art ownership works is messed up in a lot of ways, and a lot of that is due to the really bad meshing between art and commerce.

We have a rich history of heavily borrowed art that we all benefit from, that has grown and developed art in all its forms. The idea that no one should be allowed to do something I did without my express permission, to me, is a very narrow view of art.

Now, I feel compelled to add to this since I commented just before about the issue with Filip Miucin a few minutes ago. Permission should be given in today's world because that's what people expect. Although art has been historically more loosely owned, it hasn't always been a very ethical process. However, everyone borrows. All good ideas are inspired from something. That's not the same as plagiarism.

I feel, like any instrument, it can be used well or poorly, it’s all situationsl