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RIAA Arrests Pro Artist for Making Mixtapes
Maximum Prophet writes "The RIAA is now going after mixtapes; specifically, the well-known mixtapes of rap artist DJ Drama. From the article: 'On Tuesday night he was arrested with Don Cannon, a protégé. The police, working with the Recording Industry Association of America, raided his office, at 147 Walker Street in Atlanta. The association makes no distinction between counterfeit CDs and unlicensed compilations like those that DJ Drama is known for.' The story goes on to say that many of the artists featured on the mixtapes would never have had the exposure and thus sales they had if DJ Drama had not featured them on a mix. Nowhere is a specific artist mentioned who claims to have been wronged by him. Additionally, the article states that mixtapes such as those made by DJ Drama are an accepted and integral part of rap music culture. His arrest is confusing on several levels."
DJ Drama (whose real name is Tyree Simmons) and Mr. Cannon were each charged with a felony violation of Georgia's Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organization law(known as RICO) and held on $100,000 bond.
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For once, the RIAA got things right. If rap music isn't a crime, it should be.
A black male aged 18-35?
Of course, whenever you create music, you are actually stealing from music labels. Think about how much artists suffer when you make new music that someone in the industry could potentially have made and profited from. Will you not think of the arists?
Why bother.
Thanks for giving us a link so that we can educate ourselves on the subject.
On the other hand... yeah, man, it felt good to abuse someone on an internet message board, didn't it? You can tell me.
If DJ Drama tells consumers what good music is, then the studios won't be able to push the new K-Fed album.
If you "sample" the merchandise without consulting the Pimp first, your gettin' the beatin' of a lifetime.
Every time I start to have faith in humanity, I ruin it by driving to work between 7 and 8 am.
B.S. Everyone knows pirates only carry swords. That's not even threatening because you can out run them and their stupid peg legs. It looks like the *AA is just wasting more of our tax dollars.
Karaoke bars are in real big trouble here...
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Yes, but it would have been a somewhat threatening letter. And if he had ignored it, he very likely would have gotten another much more serious letter. So it's not like they're soft on whites.
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Not a bit like drug dealers...exactly like drug dealers...
Hey hey hey. The majority of drug dealers are well meaning people trying to provide a valuable service to their community and making a little profit meanwhile. In the War on Drug Users, they are the freedom fighters. Don't mix them up with thugs like the RIAA.
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None of the artists complained, most likely the artists don't own any of the rights to their music other than performance rights The real reason for the police involvement is.it give them some credability, you can only sue so many 12 year old boys and 90 year old grandmothers before you lose street cred.
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