He blended these influences into a sophisticated and powerful work of music. Apotheosis may not be geniuses, but they were giants of the early wave of electronica. Along with Moby and the Utah Saints, they popularized and paved the way for a whole new genre of music, turning up in night clubs and college radio shows. This piece of music, derived from a work authored by a man who was a famous and avid recycler of other people's music, was denied to our culture because the record companies believed they could somehow make more money this way. This isn't an isolated case.
Current law means that the people who own the rights to a song own it, essentially, forever.
They influence and steal as much as they are influenced and stolen from. This sharing of ideas, this give and take of concepts and art is central to the human experience. We call it culture. Culture is instinctual. Culture is participatory.