DJ Drama arrested for selling mixtapes

[Huggie Smiles]

Re: DJ Drama arrested for selling mixtapes

most of the biggest names DJ have "promo' mixes for d/load on their sites

but they are for free - but techniclly the artists arent getting paid so........

[thesightless]

Re: DJ Drama arrested for selling mixtapes

1. yes
2. yes, also if he werent a bonehead charging for mix tapes. for some reason, a mix tape being shared hasnt been targeted for piracy. which essentially makes it legal. if he gave em up for free, no one would arrest him.

[Balanc3]

Would this still be illegal if he went through a publishing company to pay the artists royalties for selling mixtapes? I've been told that you can sell your mix CD's online, but must go through another agency to make it legit.

Taken from Slashdot.org

"The RIAA is now going after mixtapes; specifically, the well-known mixtapes of rap artist DJ Drama. From the article: 'On Tuesday night he was arrested with Don Cannon, a prot?g?. The police, working with the Recording Industry Association of America, raided his office, at 147 Walker Street in Atlanta. The association makes no distinction between counterfeit CDs and unlicensed compilations like those that DJ Drama is known for.' The story goes on to say that many of the artists featured on the mixtapes would never have had the exposure and thus sales they had if DJ Drama had not featured them on a mix. Nowhere is a specific artist mentioned who claims to have been wronged by him. Additionally, the article states that mixtapes such as those made by DJ Drama are an accepted and integral part of rap music culture. His arrest is confusing on several levels."