Why is this art illegal?

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i take two or more songs and put them together by buying tracks provided by artists for remixing and if u dont think music like that isnt original you've obviously never heard it... u can take songs and give them a whole new meaning - a freedom of expresion - it takes hours upon hours of work and even if you cite all the artist info, label, record company u can still get sued even if ur not selling it (which im not) and even if you buy the rights to use the songs (millions upon millions of dollars) the record company can pull the plug any time they want and when they sue you for using their songs who gets the $$$? the record company not a cent goes to the artist who they're "supposedly" defending just like most of the royalties... you can tell when the music industry is relly starting to suck - its when making music is the least profitable part of the industry not to mention 6 companies control it all 0.0
so can u tell me why it is/ should be illegal???
 
If you have a license to remix the music, then you won't be sued at all becuase you're doing what the publisher has agreed you can do.

If you don't have that license, then you are stealing someone else's work. It doesn't matter how creative and artistic you are, it's still stealing.

If everyone could simply take anyone else's creative work and mash it up, and never pay for it in any way, the original artist would not have any incentive to create the music in the first place. You have to have a system that ensures that the musicians and the authors get paid something for their efforts.

And the musicians and authors have the right to work with one of the big music companies, or the many small ones, or to go it alone -- technology today gives them lots of options. If they choose to work with a big company, it's probably because the big company can offer them better value than a small one. One of the things of value a big company can offer is copyright enforcement -- to make sure that the original musician gets paid what he deserves.

Of course, if you want to be a thief, you're going to do it no matter what anyone says here. But if you really care about the answer to your question, then you won't steal someone else's work and instead pay for the right to use it in the manner you describe.
 
If you have legally purchased the songs 'for remixing', which means it comes with a license that allows you to remix, then they cannot sue you for it at all.

Second: if a record company sue for copyright infringement, yes, they get a large portion of the proceeds, but the artist also gets their cut.

It helps if you use valid arguments instead of just spouting off tired old stereotypes.
 
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