“The NY times is carrying an article about how the RIAA is hiring hip
hop artists to make mix tapes, and then helping the police raid their
studios. In the case of DJ Drama and DJ Don Cannon, they were raided by
SWAT teams with their guns drawn. The local police chief said later
that they were ‘prepared for the worst.’ Men in RIAA jackets helped
cart away ‘evidence’. Just the same, ‘Record labels regularly hire
mixtape D.J.’s to produce CDs featuring a specific artist. In many
cases, these arrangements are conducted with a wink and a nod rather
than with a contract; the label doesn’t officially grant the D.J. the
right to distribute the artist’s songs or formally allow the artist to
record work outside of his contract.’ “
Group Think, Duct Tape and Slam Dunks
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