"To be poor is bad and has to be punished - The city of cologne is fighting against poverty"

Sticker on a cologne dustbin, after the city court has decided to punish the scanning of dustbins by homeless persons with 20 €...

Sticker auf einem Mülleimer, nachdem die Stadt Köln das Durchwühlen von Mülleimern unter Geldstrafe gestellt hat.

On the website of the interesting hz-journal you'll find an interesting interview with Sachiko Hayashi about Sampling, Copyleft, Wikipedia, and Transformation of Authorship and Culture in Digital Media...
He reports that Marcel Duchamp introduced the idea of readymade and modern appropriation in 1919 with his "L.H.O.O.Q" hoax, "that questions the nature or definition of art itself." and introduces you to the various Topics considering sampling and copyrights...