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Originally posted by Storyteller That last sentence. How can you not be guilty if you can't prove you're innocent? Proving someone is guilty is easy when he or she is walking around with cdr's burnt full with music. That is illegal unless proven otherwise (receipts!) I save all promo emails I get, and all receipts.

the only reason that dj in europe got busted is because of the video's. playing videos gets you a lot of unwanted attention...

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Originally posted by DJ RANN DJ in Italy hit with biggest MP3 piracy fine in Europe February 16, 2005 An Italian DJ has been fined a record €1.4 million for using hundreds of pirate music files in a well-known local nightclub near Rome. The DJ was discovered with more than 2,000 mp3 music files suspected to be illegal downloads and 500 pirated video clips. The fine, set by the Italian Fiscal Police of Rieti (Rome), is the biggest fine to be imposed on an individual in Europe to date for the unlawful copying and use of copyrighted music in the mp3 format (the fine is subject to administrative recourse). The DJ may be subject to further criminal sanctions. Enzo Mazza, Director of the Italian recording industry association (FIMI), said: "We are pleased with the fine imposed by the Rieti Fiscal police. This DJ was touring clubs and making money out of the music he played - while those who had invested time, talent, hard work and money into creating the music in the first place did not get a cent. We hope this precedent will serve as a deterrent for those who are thinking of doing the same." The operation, targeting radio stations and clubs around the region, was led by the Fiscal Police. In addition to the mp3s and music video clips found, a large quantity of audiovisual material and software were also seized. Full story here: http://digital-lifestyles.info/2005...or-copied-mp3s/

"suspected illegal mp3's and PIRATED videos" they havent proven the mp3's were illegal but the videos WERE... it is not hard to prove that a video is pirated! most videos are never released to the common population and if you are a video dj, you have to watch it.. video dj's are the ones who have to be careful...

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Originally posted by chris harrington i seriously doubt there are any djs out there that have played only tracks they have payed for, especially with territory restrictions at beatport not letting us buy the tracks we want.

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Originally posted by Alex Fact is though, DJs aren't the ones that are going to get caught most of the time, because DJ's TEND to use pirating as a last resort (At least in my experience and the ones I know).

yup, agreed w/ the above.

chances are you'll never get caught. but by not purchasing your music you're only killing the scene thats not very strong to begin with... think about it, the only people that really pay for electronic music are djs, with them gone, 'record' (mp3) sales would plummet.
besides, getting paid to play other peoples music that you don't purchase and support is just not right...

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Originally posted by discobiscuit so, YOU are thinking about djing w/ illegal mp3's and afraid YOU might get caught... very slim chance. like said earlier, if you're plaing unreleased dr dre tracks at the biggest clubs in the biggest cities in the united states, you might get caught...

No I am not thinking about Djing with illegal mp3's. I was just wondering how someone might be caught. The last thing I wanna do is get caught for something like that.

Oh and in the last couple of weeks I had read posts from people talking about people they know who play illegal tracks and the subject kind of interested me

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Daniel Boorstin: The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance -- it is the illusion of knowledge

well why can you only play specific songs in specific places?

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Whiches rises me to another question...why does beatport do that?

'Territory Restrictions" thats happend to at least a dozen tracks i want.

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Originally posted by chris harrington i seriously doubt there are any djs out there that have played only tracks they have payed for, especially with territory restrictions at beatport not letting us buy the tracks we want.

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Originally posted by m. sylvia No one leaves Sound-Bar sober on my watch.

Mauro Picotto got busted/sued for a few mill due to illegal toons..

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Originally posted by chris harrington i seriously doubt there are any djs out there that have played only tracks they have payed for, especially with territory restrictions at beatport not letting us buy the tracks we want.

hell yeah!

i hate that!

beatport is the only place for now that i buy music from and i cant buy some good tunes like Beautiful (Extended Original), The Other Side (Deep Dish),etc.


I would happily buy my music but not EVERY tune i want is available for me so thats y i got to get the tune another way (illegal)

how do you watermark a tune?

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Originally posted by regulate how do you watermark a tune?

I dont think there is any real way, I mean you could always put like an audio clip over the song or something, but then it would taint the clip and DJ's wouldn't play it.

logging exact filesizes and sending them to a certain person only... if you find a mp3 on somewhere you know where it's from..

Include a username/email in the mp3... etc etc.

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