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Jazz Franco · Post by **Jazz Franco** » Sat Dec 04, 2004 11:28 pm

Sepheritoh wrote:It always amazes me how any post about "Is warez legal" get locked before the 3rd reply, but posts about stealing samples or music are allowed to continue.

Erm... hopefully everyone understands that warez and stolen samples is illegal, my question was about scratching records and using scratches. I'm not quite sure that those can be regarded as samples, as well I'm not quite sure that my point is OK. I was actually asking for some competent answer on an issue which might be of interest for other KvR members and visitors. I was not luring anybody into illegal sampling, using warez, murdering own granny etc.

Sepheritoh · Post by **Sepheritoh** » Sat Dec 04, 2004 11:38 pm

I understand what you are saying. There is no doubt about the legality though. It has been looked at from every angle and there is more than enough references on the internet about it. With authority I can say that it is illegal.

Btw, I may feel a bit non-objective / subjective / emotional about this issue as I have been ripped off more directly than just innocent scratching.

Raphaelle · Post by **Raphaelle** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 1:45 am

thehumanPlugin wrote: Actually most scratch records are illegal. They are released by very small labels and they don't clear the samples on them. Most of the "standard" scratch sounds are illegal and have never been cleared - I have a scratch record with "come together" and "iron man"... and you know they are not cleared

I've heard some that sounded legal, in that I didn't notice anything glaringly obvious that it was stolen... But then again, I'm no expert, so they might not have been legal. There are some people that tout their scratch records as fully original somewehre, but I don't remember who or where.

Err, did any of that make any sense?

[edit] Tried to make it make a little more sense and fix my atrocious spelling [/edit]

opiadream · Post by **opiadream** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 2:29 am

I scratched my nuts in public and was arrested for lewd behavior

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 2:48 am

Jazz Franco wrote: I was not luring anybody into illegal sampling, using warez, murdering own granny etc.

shit!i was about to tell the police youd told me to do it

spacefox · Post by **spacefox** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 2:18 pm

vurt wrote:
Jazz Franco wrote: I was not luring anybody into illegal sampling, using warez, murdering own granny etc.

shit!i was about to tell the police youd told me to do it

You can tell them I told you to do it. Foxes are easy targets for such accustations.

haydxn · Post by **haydxn** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 2:44 pm

is scratching cooler and more underground when it's spelt with a 'k' instead of a 'c'? does 'skratching' apply to a particular type of music? sounds a bit pretentious to me

tetraplan · Post by **tetraplan** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 2:54 pm

haydxn wrote:is scratching cooler and more underground when it's spelt with a 'k' instead of a 'c'? does 'skratching' apply to a particular type of music? sounds a bit pretentious to me

It should be spelled with a "z" then, too.
Skratz, skratz, skratz - dirty fingernails.

Groet, Erik

[decipher] · Post by **[decipher]** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 3:32 pm

uhm. no. i never wanted to be cool or anything like that. i am a loser. and german. and in german scratching is "kratzen" dont know why but i started writing it skratching.

no one likes me

Scratching--legal?