Latest RIAA Perversion

From today's New York Times Magazine: DJs Drama and Don Cannon were arrested last month not for actual crimes, but for making mix tapes.

But Drama and Cannon's studio was not a bootlegging plant; it was a place where successful new hip-hop CDs were regularly produced and distributed. Drama and Cannon are part of a well-regarded D.J. collective called the Aphilliates. Although their business almost certainly violated federal copyright law, as well as a Georgia state law that requires CDs to be labeled with the name and address of the producers, they were not simply stealing from the major labels; they were part of an alternative distribution system that the mainstream record industry uses to promote and market hip-hop artists. Drama and Cannon have in recent years been paid by the same companies that paid Kilgo to help arrest them.

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Although their business almost certainly violated federal copyright law, as well as a Georgia state law that requires CDs to be labeled with the name and address of the producers, they were not simply stealing from the major labels; they were part of an alternative distribution system that the mainstream record industry uses to promote and market hip-hop artists. Drama and Cannon have in recent years been paid by the same companies that paid Kilgo to help arrest them.

Scott Ian (Anthrax) on Playing With Stryper

Scott Ian talks about Anthrax' first show in LA. Stryper: "We prayed to God and he answered our prayers and he got us a limo." Ian: "Well, can't you just get one for 50 bucks an hour?"