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Level 18
Yeah, I heard about this. I heard it was something to do with uncredited samples on commerical mixtapes or something. Absurd none the less.
1/18/07 5:08pm
Level 40
This is bloody disgusting. The scared asswipes in the music industry are so scared at their shrinking business (25% reduction in CD sales in last five years) that they bite a hand that actually feeds them if they stop to think about it!
1/18/07 5:54pm
Level 14
Hah. The RIAA doesn't stand for artists' rights.
Since burning became popular, there has not been a significant drop in CD sales, because most of the people burning and sharing are real music fans who will likely go buy the CDs anyway to get special art, hidden tracks, etc. Furthermore, there has not been a drop in ticket sales to concerts. If anything, sales are on the rise. I don't have enough money to spend a few thousand dollars on CDs. However, if my buddy hands me a disc and says, 'check out this band,' I'll hear a new band that I might pay money to see. Sharing music, to an extent, is helpful to an artist's career, as displayed in this case.
To my understanding, the artists themselves make most of their money off of tours, meaning ticket sales. The RIAA is standing up for big record companies with overpaid lawyers and executives, not artists.
Since burning became popular, there has not been a significant drop in CD sales, because most of the people burning and sharing are real music fans who will likely go buy the CDs anyway to get special art, hidden tracks, etc. Furthermore, there has not been a drop in ticket sales to concerts. If anything, sales are on the rise. I don't have enough money to spend a few thousand dollars on CDs. However, if my buddy hands me a disc and says, 'check out this band,' I'll hear a new band that I might pay money to see. Sharing music, to an extent, is helpful to an artist's career, as displayed in this case.
To my understanding, the artists themselves make most of their money off of tours, meaning ticket sales. The RIAA is standing up for big record companies with overpaid lawyers and executives, not artists.
1/18/07 6:11pm
Level 19
favorite quote from all these stories: "We're told by some neighbors tonight that DJ Drama and DJ Don Cannon are DJs"
1/18/07 8:40pm
Level 24
It looks like the problem arose in this situation with the "sale" of the mixtapes.
My old boss took on the RIAA in RIAA v. Verizon, representing the girl that didn't want her ISP disclosed to the RIAA.
eric and cory, if you guys get hassled let me know, I can help.
My old boss took on the RIAA in RIAA v. Verizon, representing the girl that didn't want her ISP disclosed to the RIAA.
eric and cory, if you guys get hassled let me know, I can help.
1/18/07 9:41pm
Level 27
Fuck the man.
People are ridiculous when it comes to this stuff... it's why I'm almost an anarchist u_u
People are ridiculous when it comes to this stuff... it's why I'm almost an anarchist u_u
1/18/07 10:31pm
Level 13
"Yo Kat! Lose the zero and get with the hero." Robbie Van Winkle in "Cool As Ice"
1/19/07 1:47am
Level 15
Yeah, it is bull, he was putting out mixtape's. Those arent illegal, o well.
And DJ Drama is a Dj who did Lil' Wayne's mixtapes, And the Gangster Grillz series, which is amazing if you can get them.
And I dont think they were commercial mixtapes, but o-well.
And DJ Drama is a Dj who did Lil' Wayne's mixtapes, And the Gangster Grillz series, which is amazing if you can get them.
And I dont think they were commercial mixtapes, but o-well.
1/22/07 12:51pm
