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  • From: bendy <bendy AT blackstrap.org>
  • To: RTP-area local music and culture <ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: DJ Drama arrested on RICO charges.
  • Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 09:43:58 -0500

This one is the most hypocritical too, since this form of filesharing is exactly what has promoted the biggest selling rappers of the last few years, and seems to have been condoned if not actively supported by the majors.

Monkey Boy wrote:
This is different than the RIAA suing grandma for a couple of grand
because her grandson downloaded a few songs. This is a federal
racketeering charge that also could result in the RIAA suing for
triple damages.

Will this be the end or the entrenchment of the RIAA?

One link:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/18/arts/music/18dram.html

From news sources:
"On Tuesday night DJ Drama was arrested with Don Cannon, a protégé.
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. So the
police confiscated 81,000 discs, four vehicles, recording gear, and
"other assets that are proceeds of a pattern of illegal activity,"
said Chief Jeffrey C. Baker, from the Morrow, Ga., police department,
which participated in the raid.

DJ Drama (whose real name is Tyree Simmons) and Mr. Cannon were each
charged with a felony violation of Georgia's Racketeering Influenced
Corrupt Organization law(known as RICO) and held on $100,000 bond."





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