Not that this is probably of more than tangential importance to the 313 list but:
This arrest was complete bullsh?t, has caused an Internet and main-stream-media uproar. Look on Youtube for the Fox news report on the arrest -- the whole thing is a trumped up pile of poo. I'd be scared if DJ Drama was some punk, but the guy has powerful friends, and can afford big, mean lawyers. Everyone involved in this bust is going to end up looking like the worthless chimps they are -- The RIAA, the ATL Police, the George DCI, and those pinheads from Fox who did the ridiculous news report about it. Seriously. This case is going to be the RIAA's worst PR nightmare. They're treating someone who is actually a SIGNED artist as a criminal, someone who has sold more records for them than their own advertising and promotional departments. For the RIAA to even push for this is ridiculous. It just shows how the big 4 1/2 Entertainment Companies are committing commercial suicide in public. If they all died tomorrow I wouldn't shed a tear. Big media conglomerates are vampires. They kill culture, they don't create it. They steal money from their artists, they treat their customers like criminals, and the music they release is almost all awful. They have no future, they have no clue, and they're going down. On 1/19/07, David Powers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Kent, this is serious and it's not the RIAA who will be on trial, it's not even being charged as copyright infringement - they are charging them with a felony violation of Georgia's Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organization law(known as RICO). For those who don't know, these are the laws normally used to prosecute the mob and organized crime. This is really a police state type move in my opinion, and much more serious than the RIAA just suing people. ~David On 1/19/07, kent williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Record Industry Bad. Tell me something we don't know. > > I hope DJ Drama goes to trial on this because he'll make chimps out of the RIAA. > > That's one thing about liking techno -- you don't have to hold your > nose and buy major label releases, because there are none. > > > On 1/19/07, David Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dont know if anyone else has seen this > > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/18/arts/music/18dram.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin > > > > Cheers > > BT > > >
