There is debate about when it is okay for an artist to use an electronic copy of someone else's original work in their own music.
Some artists feel that no one should be able to sample their music unless they have given
infringement
Copying someone's original work and not transforming it is called
sampling
One way to claim fair use of a sample is to
transform
it in your own work
There are new questions about copyright as a result of
sampling
copyright
in that work to keep other people from
Someone who creates an original work can get
using it.
When an artist uses an electronic copy of part of an original work in his or her own music, it is called