The industry takes a "blind eye" approach to the mixtape thing - it helps them promote their artists in most cases. The issue here is the 80K+ copies. Once you're distributing on levels like that, the labels want their cut. They'll likely try to cut a deal for the licensing revenues since DJ Drama is pretty well known on the mixtape circuit and recently signed to a major-label production deal.
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The industry takes a "blind eye" approach to the mixtape thing - it helps them promote their artists in most cases. The issue here is the 80K+ copies. Once you're distributing on levels like that, the labels want their cut. They'll likely try to cut a deal for the licensing revenues since DJ Drama is pretty well known on the mixtape circuit and recently signed to a major-label production deal.