When Are Sample Packs Acceptable?

Yesterday I had an interesting chat with another fellow producer/composer about purchasing loop and sample packs from online stores like Loopmasters. What are sample packs you say? These are digital products that are released and published to the pro audio market by sound design labels,independent music creators, and other third parties. They contain wav samples, loops, midi files, rex2 files, synth presets for popular samplers, one shots, and more. They come in various genres and are usually delivered as a digital download for popular DAWs like Cubase, Logic, Ableton Live, Reason, FL Studio, and others.

Him and I understand there are creative uses for these products, but also feel that the up-and-coming generation of producers, composers, and DJs are abusing its purpose. Many aspiring music creators start on the wrong foot and get comfortable using pre-mixed / pre-mastered music and drum loop samples in their daily production workflow. In long-terms, this can hinder a young musician's creativity, originality, and self-confidence to explore new musical ideas. Still, these are amazing products; just use them wisely. Here are some applications where sample packs come in handy.

1)  I've purchase some of these sample packs myself to help me explore and experiment with a genre I'm not familiar with. However, I do not upload the works or claim it as original content.

2)  Creating demos to pitch to different artists.

3)  Professional Film and TV composers use these sample packs to quickly score music beds in efforts to meet short production deadlines.

My Top 5 Favorite Sample Pack Online Stores:
Loopmasters
Prime Loops
Beatport - Sounds
Industry Kits
Samplephonics