Sampling is widely accepeted to have originated from the 1970-80s Hiphop scene, where traditional DJs (playing other people's music, like the do today) started

Sampling is widely accepeted to have originated from the 1970-80s Hiphop scene, where traditional DJs (playing other people's music, like the do today) started to get clever with how they were combining different tracks. Rappers would then start reciting lyrics over these remixed version of well known funk and soul tracks. Although the wikipedia does a good job tracing it back even further to the 1940s[0] Copyright issues only came up later once Hiphop had begun to see more mainstream acceptance (i.e. make more money) and influence other musicians. They're may be cases where sampling is used to avoid other legal issues, but it's origins are most definitely in reusing existing music to create something new. 0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampling_(music) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampling_(music)