[Rumori] DJs Mix CDs Attacked in Attempt to Control Copyright

[Art McGee]

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DJ Magazine

DJs Mix CDs Attacked in Attempt to Control Copyright

By Terry Church

The Record Industry Association of America (RIAA) has
launched a new campaign against DJs in an attempt to control
copyright infringement.

They have already confiscated $100,000's worth of mix CDs
from independent record stores across the US.

DJ mix CDs, sold in almost every independent record store
are on the whole unlicensed and technically illegal to
distribute. However, DJs and producers alike often rely upon
these illegal mixes in order to gain credibility, and to
promote themselves to the general public.

The practice is in fact approved of by most producers who
see it as fundamental to the survival of the dance scene --
even if it is their tracks that are being copied and played
without permission.

This latest attack by the RIAA is therefore hypocritical --
they claim that their pursuit of copyright infringement is
primarily in the interest of the artist, yet most dance
producers actually approve of and rely upon this illegal
distribution.

The dance scene relies upon these "illegal" ways to survive,
and it seems that the only people who actually care about
this particular copyright infringement are not the artists
themselves but the record companies -- who are only involved
in the dance scene for profit.

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