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we welcome our overlords. a story about RIAA and what's it doing to the dance scene
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| whiskers |
| quote: | DJs mix CDs attacked in attempt to control copyright
Words: Terry Church
The Record Industry Association of America (RIAA) has launched a new campaign against DJs in an attempt to control copyright infringement.
They have already confiscated $100,000’s worth of mix CDs from independent record stores across the US.
DJ mix CDs, sold in almost every independent record store are on the whole unlicensed and technically illegal to distribute. However, DJs and producers alike often rely upon these illegal mixes in order to gain credibility, and to promote themselves to the general public.
The practice is in fact approved of by most producers who see it as fundamental to the survival of the dance scene - even if it is their tracks that are being copied and played without permission.
This latest attack by the RIAA is therefore hypocritical – they claim that their pursuit of copyright infringement is primarily in the interest of the artist, yet most dance producers actually approve of and rely upon this illegal distribution.
The dance scene relies upon these ‘illegal’ ways to survive, and it seems that the only people who actually care about this particular copyright infringement are not the artists themselves but the record companies – who are only involved in the dance scene for profit.
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http://www.djmag.com/news_20.asp
you thought this time would never come?
RIAA, get the FARK out! |
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| St_Andrew |
:rolleyes: :rolleyes:
:whip: :whip: :whip: |
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| jp |
:rolleyes: :rolleyes:
:whip: :whip: :whip: |
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| dj_mdma |
bloody bastards. just goes to show that they don't have a clue what they are really doing, and are too blind to look past their noses.
Well, at least its not happening in Europe :toothless |
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| DarkAngel |
Goddamn RIAA. Those fags' antics have me just about fed up to here. Would't mind paying the s a lil visit with one of these:
'Say hello to Minimi. Minimi Para, that is." :whip: |
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| hardstyle |
| Riaa doesnt care about the artists. And none of the djs from europe is signed with them, why they stick they nose into everything. Just like Amerika, worry about other problem |
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| Boomer187 |
| Wow, we have a homophobe and an anti-american on our side. Now we will win :)> |
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| tranceDJ |
| How are they losing money from DJ mix cds in the first place? Looks to me like they're just trying to find more and more ways just to piss people off. |
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| MaRt |
| I don't quite see what the big deal is here. An artist might be annoyed if one of their tracks is used without permission on a CD designed to sell a DJ's name. That's not really courteous. But at the end of the day, it's free promotion and where does the artist lose money? |
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| DaveSaenz |
| quote: | Originally posted by Boomer187
Wow, we have a homophobe and an anti-american on our side. Now we will win :)> |
ahaha.
That's the funniest thing I've read today.
:haha:
Damn the RIAA. |
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| djSlain |
| do i have to sign up with the RIAA to promote my mixes now? Its absolutely ludicrous that artists and DJs have no longer control of their own music. |
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| DJ Mil0 |
| we should get that virus to attack the riaa instead of microsoft |
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