DJ Drama arrested for selling mixtapes

[lilsensa]

Re: DJ Drama arrested for selling mixtapes

LMAO @ selling mixtapes!!! thats almost as good as those tool selling diggers mixes on ebay....dumbasses...he deserves to be punished, imo...

[FM]

Re: DJ Drama arrested for selling mixtapes

I suppose it may boil down to a point on that if you're selling these mixtapes and making a nice profit off of them (whether you're selling to stores or on your own), then that would be an easier way to get nailed. I'm willing to bet this was the case, because his name brand was pretty popular....and they confiscated 81,000 discs

I've known DJ's over the years to sell mix CD's from time to time, but usually it's nothing more then to basically recuperate costs of making them...if there's a profit, it's enough to buy lunch basically the rest usually give it out for free or on the Net.

[SyntaxTerror]

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So basically, if your are a DJ who is paid to play in a club you must clear every track you play? Or are all records sold with a performance license?

Nightclubs are supposed to pay a fee to RIAA (or ARIA for Australia, or the equivalent body for your country), who then theoretically distribute the royalties to their labels who fall under them as members.

Again, I could be wrong but that's my take on it.

If you notice how some DJs get very anal about their live sets getting out, it's prolly because the labels releasing that music gets pissed about it, and might have valid reasons too.

If all these rap guys stood up for the guy in court, it could get thrown out. But saying and doing are two completely different things.

This could work, except that you'd probably find that the labels hold the copyright on the music and not the artist. They're two different bodies who can get pissed about people distributing and/or making money off their music.

[day_for_night]

Re: DJ Drama arrested for selling mixtapes

the fact that mixtapes might be illegal to distribute despite not collecting money for them is beside the point. they don't enforce it, so its defacto legal...

[Lorn]

Re: DJ Drama arrested for selling mixtapes

Silly rules.

[Yao]

Re: DJ Drama arrested for selling mixtapes

I think the club has to pay fees every year for the public performance of licenced tracks, if I'm correct. So they're cleared, by the clubs DJs play in.

[Morgan]

Re: DJ Drama arrested for selling mixtapes

So basically, if your are a DJ who is paid to play in a club you must clear every track you play? Or are all records sold with a performance license?

[Kobe]

Re: DJ Drama arrested for selling mixtapes

R(naz)IAA

[thesightless]

Re: DJ Drama arrested for selling mixtapes

breaking the law, breaking the law...
breaking the law, breaking the law...

[SyntaxTerror]

Re: DJ Drama arrested for selling mixtapes

Aparently from watching all kinds of documentaries on Hip Hop. I can conclude that almost no Hip Hop dj gives away his mixtapes. They make them like dig named dj's do...except they sell them in local shops and hand to hand. Therefore they really need to get the artists permission to use the song. Just as the Big dj's do with commercial Cds.

If all these rap guys stood up for the guy in court, it could get thrown out. But saying and doing are two completely different things.

Same as here in Australia (and the UK). The early rave scene was heavy on mixtapes. DJs would sell their tapes in the local record shops. It's illegal.

So are modern day DJ promos. Just because they're not for profit doesn't make it legal.

For more information check this website, it answers the question for you guys:

http://creativecommons.ca/index.php?p=mixtapes

The same rules apply to mp3 promos. I'm sure this will come as a major shock to most of you but they ain't legal.

[jeffrey collins]

Re: DJ Drama arrested for selling mixtapes

if he gave em up for free, no one would arrest him.

Aparently from watching all kinds of documentaries on Hip Hop. I can conclude that almost no Hip Hop dj gives away his mixtapes. They make them like dig named dj's do...except they sell them in local shops and hand to hand. Therefore they really need to get the artists permission to use the song. Just as the Big dj's do with commercial Cds.

If all these rap guys stood up for the guy in court, it could get thrown out. But saying and doing are two completely different things.

[SyntaxTerror]

Re: DJ Drama arrested for selling mixtapes

You're downloading copyrighted material of artist's tracks without their permission. Seems pretty illegal to me.

The fact that the intro and outro are mixed in to another track doesn't make it any less of a track. It's illegal.

[day_for_night]

Re: DJ Drama arrested for selling mixtapes

a free promo mix is NOT illegal, at least from what i've read. depends on your country though

[SyntaxTerror]

Re: DJ Drama arrested for selling mixtapes

Yeah I'm fairly certain free promos are considered illegal.

All I can say is sucked in to the guy. What he was doing is as bad as piracy (it IS piracy), and he was making a nice little profit off it.

[Lorn]

Re: DJ Drama arrested for selling mixtapes

but they are getting heard.