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SWAT team used to confiscate mix CDs
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DJ Dingel
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.
Sushipunk
, that's a bit harsh. A SWAT team? :wtf:
Sunsnail
Not surprised
CONNERMAN2000
unnecessary if you ask me.
Xenocreator_PG_
Swat team? Id better hide all my cassette tapes in the roof
Fast Turtle
Only the most sizable show of power for the RIAA
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