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Backlash as EMI Hunts Down the Grey Album

Posted by michael on from the to-promote-the-progress-of-science-and-the-arts dept.

An anonymous reader writes "DJ Danger Mouse's The Grey Album, a remix of Jay-Z's Black Album and the Beatles White Album has become a online music sensation, even getting reviewed in Rolling Stone though only 3,000 CDs were ever made. Now EMI, which controls the Beatles copyright, is trying to shut the album down. They've sent cease and desist letters to Danger Mouse, a handful of record stores, and websites that have hosted the songs. Wired News is reporting on the backlash that has ensued, led by anti-music industry group Downhill Battle, who insists that the major record labels are stifling creativity."

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  1. Re:EMI's acting reasonably by Repugnant_Shit · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I wish there was a "-1 Asking for mod points" mod.

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  2. Re:Kinda mediocre by cymen · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I disagree. I'm not going to judge the music as I just don't feel like it but I don't think it is A+B. All the beats are sampled from the album, not just the 3-second chunks. There are a lot of beats.

    In my opinion, A+B would simply the vocals laid over the White Album.

  3. Bah by Brummund · · Score: 0, Redundant

    If this DJ is such a fucking genious, why couldn't he have made his own album, instead of using someone else's music as a stepping stone? Why couldn't he just have remixed some of his own music?