Who sampled?

[Ashe]

Ok, Jack, that's not at all what we are saying. A majority of sampling is equivalent to me taking bits of pieces of your roleplay, quoting those sections word for word inside of something that I write, and then SELLING IT and claiming full credit on the contained literature. Not that "I cite these sources" but "I wrote this, can I has award?". There's a reason why a lot of the techno remixes of various songs on the internet are floating around on the internet and not being sold on every street corner. If I was whoever currently held the rights to DragonballZ, for example, and someone started taking my imagery, especially if I was the person that drew it, and then slapped on a flashy name and started selling it in a signature shop (as in monetary exchange, not just sig making for free on a non-profit site), then I'd be a bit pissed. They are using MY imagery and tweaking it a bit and everyone is like "Dude, I love the drawing, your eyes and mouth shapes are really spot on, you rock" and the other guy just goes "YAYAAAA" and gets handed an award. I as the artist just kinda stare on and go "Oh fuck my life."

EDIT: Also, note, I am referring to the times when someone is NOT being given any credit for what is getting used from them. Its slightly less lame but on an entirely different level of lame to do so with full permission.