the RIAA vs DJ Drama
the RIAA vs DJ Drama
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yeah this is indeed fucked up.
next we have "pirated live sets" and "pirated mixes" recorded from parties - so no live sets / mixes sections in forums anymore - great! :evil:
next we have "pirated live sets" and "pirated mixes" recorded from parties - so no live sets / mixes sections in forums anymore - great! :evil:
yeah rightRecord companies usually portray the fight against piracy as a fight for artists’ rights...
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Right onRobot Criminal wrote:yeah this is indeed fucked up.
next we have "pirated live sets" and "pirated mixes" recorded from parties - so no live sets / mixes sections in forums anymore - great! :evil:
yeah rightRecord companies usually portray the fight against piracy as a fight for artists’ rights...
it's been happening left right and centre - tho no criminal proceedings have been brought yet AFAIK (In techno/minimal land that is) - there have been a number of incidents where people are being asked to remove the offending sets.
Even through generally - the sets are available fro free and hosted with the best intentions - it is still a violation, and the collection agencies do have the right to enforce this.
However - i've only seen it happen to sites which openly advertise the fact that they are hosting - eg: it's the actual forum/site etc hosting them - not individuals which are harder to crack down on.
DJmixtapes.com would be an example - i mean - it's like wearing a big badge saying we're hosting copyrighted material in order to attract a crowd of listeners.
I'd say mnml is under the radar - as are for example club forums which might happen to occasionally host the odd mix.
It's terrible though that you can't give folk copies of mixes over the internet - really sucks and it's an infringements on our own right to entertain ourselves !!
i mean - sure - selling them would be bad, as would be packaging it up as your own sh!t - but considering the context of a lot of techno and house is how it fits into the mix - cracking down on this too much is destroying an important promotional tool for electronic artists and sweeping away the very culture this music is founded on.
Quite simply the collection agencies are not in line with the requirements of modern music, and should address this, thing is - as i understand - there are lots of different collection agencies - so it would be v difficult to get them ALL to agree on changes perhaps ?
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right on the moneyAVX23 wrote:Quite simply the collection agencies are not in line with the requirements of modern music, and should address this, thing is - as i understand - there are lots of different collection agencies - so it would be v difficult to get them ALL to agree on changes perhaps ?
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