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I_like_red_shoes t1_j6kvq0i wrote

Reply to comment by UtopianLibrary in The letters of T. S. Eliot to Emily Hale that were kept sealed from 1956 to 2020 have been released for free online by RunDNA

Like sampling.

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UtopianLibrary t1_j6lb86n wrote

Yeah, dude. It’s like saying any music artist who ever used sampling is a plagiarist. Back then, it was different. You were basically flexing if you knew about this obscure Etruscan myth and were adding the translation or references into your poem.

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i_Got_Rocks t1_j6ls6u8 wrote

Tarantino does this in film and people hail him as a god.

Like, no, he just watches a lot of movies.

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