Again, let me make it clear : your opinion of what makes a remix a remix (and, mine, for that matter) is just that and ONLY that. A remix uses something of the source material and beyond that, who can say what it is? and THAT is exactly my point...and not actual lawsuits.
The Daft Punk remix of the Chemical Brothers' "Life Is Sweet" comes to mind here... it hardly uses any original material or even samples from the Chems version, and I would still classify it as a remix. There are some other Chems remixes that hardly resemble even glimpses of the original, but they are still remixes in their own way. ..::// Thomas Touzimsky "My head is spinnin' so my feet don't touch the ground My eyes is blinded by the light, my hearing deafened by the sound My body's shackin' like a leaf, my heart's been beatin' out of time My blood's been boilin' up inside and I've been fearin' for my life..."