Let's Talk About Girl Talk

I have been reading a lot about an artist by the name of "Girl Talk" lately. This guy is PATHETIC. To quote wikipedia "He produces mashup-style remixes, in which he uses often a dozen or more unauthorized samples from different songs to create a new song". How dare he? I actually wouldn't rag on him IF these samples were duly paid for. There really is something to what he does, and his stuff actually does sound pretty good. See?

I think the most painful one in here (for me) is the hunk of Paula Abdul's "Cold Hearted Snake" that starts at about 0:14.

If he doesn't pay for the samples, he's breaking one of the base copyright laws, considering he does sell his albums. In short, he's chopping up someone's original work and selling it for income. Scandalous!