From Greg Clow Sent Wed, Oct 6th 1999, 17:54
From Greg Clow Sent Wed, Oct 6th 1999, 17:54
On Wed, 6 Oct 1999, eric hill wrote: > >Opinions?? > > on what? the story doesn't go into any detail and they use the terms > "pirated copies" and "dj mixtapes" so interchageably that any opinion > could only be speculation on undefined terms. pirated copies of *what*? I missed the original message for some reason, but I assume that this is in reference to the recent busts in Toronto. >From what I've gathered, the stores in question (Play De Record and Traxx) were busted for selling DJ mixtapes. Pretty lame, I think. While the cops & copyright boogeymen are obviously well within their rights to do this, it goes to show that they really have no grasp on the culture they're trying to regulate. As one DJ quoted in the story noted, most of the tapes feature rare, exclusive and unreleased mixes & tracks and are basically free publicity for the artists that are featured. I guess the major labels figure these tapes are cutting into their profits on the new DJ DickSmack Super MegaMix Vol. 19 compilation or something. Greg