RIAA arrests pro artists for making mixtapes

[mzkhadir]

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[glenn beck]

wow, that was extremely stupid of the RIAA to do, all the rappers want to be on mixtapes by famous dj's, it's called free exposure

 

[JackBurton]

Ahaha, the RIAA is imploding. 🙂

 

[Parasitic]

Now not being in the musician business, is there a way to avoid dealing with the RIAA if you're an artist, or are all record companies forced to be a member of the RIAA?

 

[Deleted member 4644]

Does this mean that RIAA field agents went on his property? Is that even legal?

 

[Ronstang]

Originally posted by: Parasitic
Now not being in the musician business, is there a way to avoid dealing with the RIAA if you're an artist, or are all record companies forced to be a member of the RIAA?

There are independent labels but the biggest problem is exposure. The little independent labels that have no connection to the RIAA have much harder time getting airplay on the radio and do not have the advertising budgets to showcase new acts.

 

[oogabooga]

Originally posted by: LordSegan
Does this mean that RIAA field agents went on his property? Is that even legal?

it's disturbing that like the FBI/CIA the RIAA has field agents period regardless of where they go 😛

 

[40Hands]

Originally posted by: oogabooga

Originally posted by: LordSegan
Does this mean that RIAA field agents went on his property? Is that even legal?

it's disturbing that like the FBI/CIA the RIAA has field agents period regardless of where they go 😛

I was about to say the same! "Hi my name is Steve Jones, RIAA. I need to confiscate this MP3 player." 😕

 

[Mark R]

I dunno.

This DJ Drama bloke was, as far as I can see, little more than a large scale pirate.

He was running a factory pumping out hundreds-of-thousands of CD filled with music that he neither owned, licensed nor paid royalties on - but which were, nevertheless, making him a fortune in profits.

Still, I suppose, it makes a change that we now see the RIAA going after the big-fish rather than 12 year old kids.

 

[Skunkwourk]

Its just like Danger Mouse and his Grey Album.

 

[Stumps]

hmmm sucks to live in America these days