SWAT team used to confiscate mix CDs

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Posted by DJ Dingel on Jan-17-2007 22:31:

SWAT team used to confiscate mix CDs

http://www.techliberation.com/archives/041766.php

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Last night, a federal SWAT team assisted the RIAA in a raid on the studio of Atlanta musician DJ Drama.

This local news report says the locally famous mixtape DJ is under investigation for piracy. But Drama's supporters say the DJ is a mix artist, not a bootlegger. They say news footage of the raid shows RIAA officials boxing up only recordable CDs filled with mixes, not bootlegs of retail CDs (the local news reporter seems to conflate the two as well)...

It's not like this is a fly-by-night operation selling CDs out of the back of a truck. This is clearly not the sort of problem that justifies dramatic police raids. If the RIAA thinks DJ Drama's activities violate copyright law, they have plenty of civil law remedies available that don't involve Gestapo tactics.

Many of our favorite DJs post promotional mp3s on their websites... watch out for the SWAT guys.

Posted by Sushipunk on Jan-17-2007 22:32:

Fuck, that's a bit harsh. A SWAT team?

Posted by Sunsnail on Jan-17-2007 22:33:

Not surprised

Posted by CONNERMAN2000 on Jan-17-2007 22:33:

unnecessary if you ask me.

Posted by Xenocreator_PG_ on Jan-17-2007 22:40:

Swat team? Id better hide all my cassette tapes in the roof

Posted by Fast Turtle on Jan-17-2007 23:26:

Only the most sizable show of power for the RIAA