RIAA putting an end to Mix CDs???

[jared]

A few weeks ago I went to Gramaphone records and noticed they got rid of there promo Mix CDs, they still had all the major label stuff but none of promo stuff they always had in the past. an employee told me that the RIAA had busted someone else in town and told them to turn over there mix CDs or else they would take them to jail and then take their mix CDs (2 great options, huh?) Anyways to avoid any problems like this Gramaphone decided to just get rid of all there mix cds. I can understand this to a point like when a DJ takes the newest 50 cent album and mixes and then sells it as a DJ mix for half the price of the original album but what does this mean for underground artists who use these mix CDs as outlets for their music? Also what does this mean for places like this website who have these DJ mixes available for download? I am sure many of the mixes on this website include many major label tracks. How long will it be before the RIAA starts looking at websites just like this one? I am just curious to find out everyones thoughts on this.

[Jamie 3:26]

Well,just be quiet about it and no one will ever know....

[Bold Soul]

The bitterness against the RIAA, major media and their artists is certain to hurt sales more than downloading. I'm just waiting for someone to actually hurt one of these people.

Folks are crazy about their music.

[And]

Originally posted by JAMIE 3:26:
Well,just be quiet about it and no one will ever know.... Exactly ... now somebody pull this thread. icon_rofl.gif

[JMJ]

Originally posted by 6 23:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by JAMIE 3:26:
Well,just be quiet about it and no one will ever know.... Exactly ... now somebody pull this thread. icon_rofl.gif </font>[/QUOTE]Pull my finger......JMJ

[John Hall]

I think the audio archives on this site should
only be accessible to "members" of the DHP board.

[Ben.]

Originally posted by John Hall:
I think the audio archives on this site should
only be accessible to "members" of the DHP board. I really like this idea... might even figure out how to use it on my own site smile.gif

[Keith Blackstone]

Originally posted by jared:
How long will it be before the RIAA starts looking at websites just like this one? I am just curious to find out everyones thoughts on this. My site has already been hit up about this...
mad1.gif

[Edmund White]

The RIAA busted the owner of Just Dance Records and confiscated his duplication equipment (cd, tape and rumored vinyl press, etc.)..... The shops were closed. His mall kiosks were closed. That was a nasty bust. The more recent bust was at the Clark Street Mall in Rogers Park. That's probably the one that prompted Grammophone's move...

[Edmund White]

Originally posted by Keith Blackstone:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by jared:
How long will it be before the RIAA starts looking at websites just like this one? I am just curious to find out everyones thoughts on this. My site has already been hit up about this...
mad1.gif </font>[/QUOTE]What did they say? How did they approach you?

[Keith Blackstone]

Originally posted by ewwhite:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Keith Blackstone:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by jared:
How long will it be before the RIAA starts looking at websites just like this one? I am just curious to find out everyones thoughts on this. My site has already been hit up about this...
mad1.gif </font>[/QUOTE]What did they say? How did they approach you? </font>[/QUOTE]BMG did it with a lovely email stating I had songs on my site that they had the rights to, etc... still emailing me periodically to remind me that I still have stuff on there (since I haven't deleted the sets yet)...

f'ing annoying!
mad1.gif

I'll probably end up removing my archive of mixes unfortunately... like i'm getting rich on this or something... where's that middle finger icon when I need it...

http://deephousepage.com/smilies/2gunsfiring_v1.gif

that'll do...

[Ken1015]

Ed White, have you been contacted concerning your mixed CDs or website?

[FK]

Originally posted by Keith Blackstone:

I'll probably end up removing my archive of mixes unfortunately... like i'm getting rich on this or something... where's that middle finger icon when I need it...
Keith, something for you to consider:

No one can give you a hard time for providing LINKS to another web site, and it is easy enough to host the files on a server based overseas (not subject to same laws and regulations as the US), for example the Netherlands is particularly good for this. You open an account there, FTP the files to that server, and just have a link to the files on your site. This is a very inexpensive solution, (around $10/month, if that) and you can ask people visiting your site to contribute towards defraying those costs with a Paypal donation button.

As far as I understand it, you cannot get sued for having links to other sites or files on your web page. biggrinangel.gif

Well, just a thought.

[Keith Blackstone]

Originally posted by FK:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Keith Blackstone:

I'll probably end up removing my archive of mixes unfortunately... like i'm getting rich on this or something... where's that middle finger icon when I need it...
Keith, something for you to consider:

No one can give you a hard time for providing LINKS to another web site, and it is easy enough to host the files on a server based overseas (not subject to same laws and regulations as the US), for example the Netherlands is particularly good for this. You open an account there, FTP the files to that server, and just have a link to the files on your site. This is a very inexpensive solution, (around $10/month, if that) and you can ask people visiting your site to contribute towards defraying those costs with a Paypal donation button.

As far as I understand it, you cannot get sued for having links to other sites or files on your web page. biggrinangel.gif

Well, just a thought. </font>[/QUOTE]Thanks FK... just for that I'm gonna buy a few more Wave recs... biggrinangel.gif

[Edmund White]

Originally posted by Ken1015:
Ed White, have you been contacted concerning your mixed CDs or website? Gulp.... no.... I haven't. But this worries me a bit. I would like to think that I'm not hurting the recording industry. I think it's a matter of where they'll draw the line....

[LEONARD REMIX RROY]

14 months ago I got busted. They took all my disc, DHP T-Shirts & Jackets, equiptment, the whole 9. The main trif was over a house remix of "He Love Me" by Jill Scott. Two weeks after I got off probation I left Chicago for good, that was 6 weeks ago.

I'll come back to visit every now & again but, not to live.

[ September 09, 2003, 07:37 PM: Message edited by: LEONARD REMIX RROY ]

[Jamie 3:26]

Originally posted by LEONARD REMIX RROY:
14 months ago I got busted. They took all my disc, DHP T-Shirts & Jackets, equiptment, the whole 9. The main trif was over a house remix of "He Love Me" by Jill Scott. Two weeks after I got off probation I left Chicago for good, that was 6 weeks ago.

I'll back to visit every now & again but, not to live. Yo Remix,that same guy hit Andre at HJ.The lil hispanic dude.They hit a few stores in a weeks period.

[Tony Cano]

Originally posted by JAMIE 3:26:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by LEONARD REMIX RROY:
14 months ago I got busted. They took all my disc, DHP T-Shirts & Jackets, equiptment, the whole 9. The main trif was over a house remix of "He Love Me" by Jill Scott. Two weeks after I got off probation I left Chicago for good, that was 6 weeks ago.

I'll back to visit every now & again but, not to live. Yo Remix,that same guy hit Andre at HJ.The lil hispanic dude.They hit a few stores in a weeks period. </font>[/QUOTE]are you serious?

shit i just bought Julian's BMX series vol. 1-4 the other day at Super Dance in Rolling Meadows.
tc

[ September 09, 2003, 08:00 PM: Message edited by: Tony Cano ]

[Jamie 3:26]

Originally posted by Tony Cano:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by JAMIE 3:26:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by LEONARD REMIX RROY:
14 months ago I got busted. They took all my disc, DHP T-Shirts & Jackets, equiptment, the whole 9. The main trif was over a house remix of "He Love Me" by Jill Scott. Two weeks after I got off probation I left Chicago for good, that was 6 weeks ago.

I'll back to visit every now & again but, not to live. Yo Remix,that same guy hit Andre at HJ.The lil hispanic dude.They hit a few stores in a weeks period. </font>[/QUOTE]are you serious?

shit i just bought Julian's BMX series vol. 1-4 the other day at Super Dance in Rolling Meadows.
tc </font>[/QUOTE]Yup.I went in there the day he was hit.Shelves cleared out.

[mhd]

Originally posted by LEONARD REMIX RROY:
14 months ago I got busted. They took all my disc, DHP T-Shirts & Jackets, equiptment, the whole 9. The main trif was over a house remix of "He Love Me" by Jill Scott. Two weeks after I got off probation I left Chicago for good, that was 6 weeks ago.

I'll come back to visit every now & again but, not to live. unbelievable, any idea how they came to you?

[Mah'chew]

This is shocking :(

[Tony Cano]

Originally posted by mhd:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by LEONARD REMIX RROY:
14 months ago I got busted. They took all my disc, DHP T-Shirts & Jackets, equiptment, the whole 9. The main trif was over a house remix of "He Love Me" by Jill Scott. Two weeks after I got off probation I left Chicago for good, that was 6 weeks ago.

I'll come back to visit every now & again but, not to live. unbelievable, any idea how they came to you? </font>[/QUOTE]i would like to know this too. I was forced to pull the music off my site due to ASCAP and BMI pressures. This is why I want the to the internet radio station. LIVE365 is BMI/ASCAP approved.

tc

[AD]

Got damn!! I can see the headlines already: Man goes postal towards record execs because they took away his music.

Now that's HOUSE! http://deephousepage.com/smilies/smokin.gif

[ September 09, 2003, 10:37 PM: Message edited by: Albert Diaz ]

[AD]

Originally posted by Bold Soul:
The bitterness against the RIAA, major media and their artists is certain to hurt sales more than downloading. I'm just waiting for someone to actually hurt one of these people.

Folks are crazy about their music. I agree. I can see people ready to blow stuff up.

[So easy a protic can do it (QUAD)]

I'D LIKE TO SEE THE ****IN RIAA COME AFTER ME FOR DOIN MIXES OF MY OWN MUSIC!!! I WILL HIRE JOHNNY COCHRAN AND SUE THE PUNKBITCH OUT OF THEIR ASSES!!! mad1.gif mad1.gif

[blackwax]

This is worrying I had know idea this many people had been affected already

[Fred Naked]

I cannot believe what the industry is doing, this is so unfair. What we need to do is make file sharing totally anonymous, so they really cannot trace it. As for mix CD's, why now are people getting busted, when mixtapes have been around since the 70's (or earlier). It makes me want to cry. graemlins/cussing.gif

[ September 10, 2003, 06:07 AM: Message edited by: Fred Naked ]

[Fred Naked]

Originally posted by LEONARD REMIX RROY:
14 months ago I got busted. They took all my disc, DHP T-Shirts & Jackets, equiptment, the whole 9. The main trif was over a house remix of "He Love Me" by Jill Scott. Two weeks after I got off probation I left Chicago for good, that was 6 weeks ago.

I'll come back to visit every now & again but, not to live. Wasn't that house remix Grammy award winning and thus legal?

[Fred Naked]

Oh yeah, hang on now - don't mix CD's (by anyone) actually promote the product? Do the companies not send free promo's to DJ's/Radio stations, so that people hear their product for free, and then go and buy the damn product? C'mon!

[ September 10, 2003, 06:18 AM: Message edited by: Fred Naked ]

[Cheddar]

Originally posted by FK:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Keith Blackstone:

I'll probably end up removing my archive of mixes unfortunately... like i'm getting rich on this or something... where's that middle finger icon when I need it...
Keith, something for you to consider:

No one can give you a hard time for providing LINKS to another web site, and it is easy enough to host the files on a server based overseas (not subject to same laws and regulations as the US), for example the Netherlands is particularly good for this. You open an account there, FTP the files to that server, and just have a link to the files on your site. This is a very inexpensive solution, (around $10/month, if that) and you can ask people visiting your site to contribute towards defraying those costs with a Paypal donation button.

As far as I understand it, you cannot get sued for having links to other sites or files on your web page. biggrinangel.gif

Well, just a thought. </font>[/QUOTE]I know it is apples and oranges..but this dude is jailed for "illegal Links" (http://www.rense.com/general41/help.htm)

[JMJ]

Originally posted by Fred Naked:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by LEONARD REMIX RROY:
14 months ago I got busted. They took all my disc, DHP T-Shirts & Jackets, equiptment, the whole 9. The main trif was over a house remix of "He Love Me" by Jill Scott. Two weeks after I got off probation I left Chicago for good, that was 6 weeks ago.

I'll come back to visit every now & again but, not to live. Wasn't that house remix Grammy award winning and thus legal? </font>[/QUOTE]I think it was Leonard's own re-edit he was selling. Not exactly legal.....JMJ

[JMJ]

Originally posted by JAMIE 3:26:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Tony Cano:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by JAMIE 3:26:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by LEONARD REMIX RROY:
14 months ago I got busted. They took all my disc, DHP T-Shirts & Jackets, equiptment, the whole 9. The main trif was over a house remix of "He Love Me" by Jill Scott. Two weeks after I got off probation I left Chicago for good, that was 6 weeks ago.

I'll back to visit every now & again but, not to live. Yo Remix,that same guy hit Andre at HJ.The lil hispanic dude.They hit a few stores in a weeks period. </font>[/QUOTE]are you serious?

shit i just bought Julian's BMX series vol. 1-4 the other day at Super Dance in Rolling Meadows.
tc </font>[/QUOTE]Yup.I went in there the day he was hit.Shelves cleared out. </font>[/QUOTE]I heard that Gramaphone cleared their shelves of "unlicensed" mixtapes and CD"s a couple weeks ago. Yet they still sell bootleg 12".......JMJ

[LEONARD REMIX RROY]

Originally posted by Tony Cano:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by mhd:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by LEONARD REMIX RROY:
14 months ago I got busted. They took all my disc, DHP T-Shirts & Jackets, equiptment, the whole 9. The main trif was over a house remix of "He Love Me" by Jill Scott. Two weeks after I got off probation I left Chicago for good, that was 6 weeks ago.

I'll come back to visit every now & again but, not to live. unbelievable, any idea how they came to you? </font>[/QUOTE]i would like to know this too. I was forced to pull the music off my site due to ASCAP and BMI pressures. This is why I want the to the internet radio station. LIVE365 is BMI/ASCAP approved.

tc </font>[/QUOTE]The lil Hispanic dude is a Cook County Sheriff that is working with the RIAA on a sting that has been going on for 2 years now.

They are a 5 person crew, 2 White males, 1 Black male, 1 Mexican male, 1 Asian female, they are all Cook County Sheriff who are working with the RIAA via tips from a few haters.

Word on the street was - one hater is a DJ from WGCI - that same DJ recieved a serious beatdown at a gas station on the south side rumor has it :D

[LEONARD REMIX RROY]

Oh snap, did I mention Double Jep...is on my side :D can't try me for the same thing twice AR15firing.gif

[LEONARD REMIX RROY]

Originally posted by JMJ:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Fred Naked:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by LEONARD REMIX RROY:
14 months ago I got busted. They took all my disc, DHP T-Shirts & Jackets, equiptment, the whole 9. The main trif was over a house remix of "He Love Me" by Jill Scott. Two weeks after I got off probation I left Chicago for good, that was 6 weeks ago.

I'll come back to visit every now & again but, not to live. Wasn't that house remix Grammy award winning and thus legal? </font>[/QUOTE]I think it was Leonard's own re-edit he was selling. Not exactly legal.....JMJ </font>[/QUOTE]I sent that mix in to the company and, they were not felling it. I had nothing to do with it popping up on wax all over the place. Somebody on their team got paid and it sure as hell was not me. I guess I have what it take to be a Grammy Award winning DJ. It would have been great if the demo I sent had been taken seriously instead of bootleged by someone within their own organization.

Make me wish that I had never popped back up on the scene.

[Tony Cano]

damn - i'm sorry you had to go through all that drama.

my only question is why they take your dhp t-shirt.

tc

[JMJ]

Originally posted by Tony Cano:
damn - i'm sorry you had to go through all that drama.

my only question is why they take your dhp t-shirt.

tc It was the right size.....JMJ

[Tony Cano]

Originally posted by JMJ:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Tony Cano:
damn - i'm sorry you had to go through all that drama.

my only question is why they take your dhp t-shirt.

tc It was the right size.....JMJ </font>[/QUOTE]:D

[LEONARD REMIX RROY]

Originally posted by JMJ:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Tony Cano:
damn - i'm sorry you had to go through all that drama.

my only question is why they take your dhp t-shirt.

tc It was the right size.....JMJ </font>[/QUOTE]http://deephousepage.com/smilies/lach.gif
Only JMJ could get away with that one. As of the bust, I wouldn't had been so bad if the Asian Female officer would had let me http://deephousepage.com/smilies/focking.gif or she could had stir-fried my noodle.

[DJJM3.COM]

Originally posted by LEONARD REMIX RROY:
I sent that mix in to the company and, they were not felling it. I had nothing to do with it popping up on wax all over the place. Somebody on their team got paid and it sure as hell was not me. I guess I have what it take to be a Grammy Award winning DJ. It would have been great if the demo I sent had been taken seriously instead of bootleged by someone within their own organization.

Make me wish that I had never popped back up on the scene. The worse thing about it was they added a few beats to LRR mix and put it on vinyl....and got credit for it and paid and fingered LRR for the bootleg....

[sammyrock]

Originally posted by John Hall:
I think the audio archives on this site should
only be accessible to "members" of the DHP board. AMEN to that!!!!!!!!

[sammyrock]

Originally posted by DJJM3:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by LEONARD REMIX RROY:
I sent that mix in to the company and, they were not felling it. I had nothing to do with it popping up on wax all over the place. Somebody on their team got paid and it sure as hell was not me. I guess I have what it take to be a Grammy Award winning DJ. It would have been great if the demo I sent had been taken seriously instead of bootleged by someone within their own organization.

Make me wish that I had never popped back up on the scene. The worse thing about it was they added a few beats to LRR mix and put it on vinyl....and got credit for it and paid and fingered LRR for the bootleg.... </font>[/QUOTE]I feel you on this DJM3 for sure...Its unfortuante but that is why Im not submitting anymore material to any labels.Id rather sell them myself on cdr,or just keep them for my own use. Sorry to hear this. mad1.gif