aka crediting the rightful originator who put their heart and soul into creating the initial composition from scratch.

i just recently saw a clip of an older jazz artist speak about how someone contacted him and showed him a (then) current song that looped one of his works. he said he was honored to be recognized by an artist of the newer generation...but broke down into tears when he found out it was past the statute of limitations and there was no way he could be properly compensated for it.

for some reason...most people only see things from the side of the freeloader.