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Dubstep and the law...

Post by huzki » Sat Mar 28, 2009 9:19 pm

i thought a lot about dubstep and the law lately. how do you guys handle things like
-making remixes of some track - do you generally try to connect to the particular artist?
-publishing remixes of lets say good old britney spears or some other major artist - ever worried about getting a letter that says "pay millions of dollars or you get in jail, bitch!"
-publishing dj-mixes in the internet - do you try to contact the artists involved or do you care about whether the tunes dropped are signed on a major or not?

i heard some creepy stuff about djs who were applied for the payment of 20000bucks or something because their mixes contained one or two tracks that were distributed by a major sublabel, dunno whether its true or not.

however, all the legal issues and shit eally piss me off, things like illegal downloads, too. i think everyone has to decide whether he wants to support artists also financially or not. i myself decided to buy all of my tunes some months ago, not becaus of fear of the law, but because of the quality and because i wanted to support artists. and i can say that im not very rich :)

its great that legal issues are not that present in genres like dubstep - i think that 99,99% of the artists do it because of the music and not for fame and money. who the hell is interested in mainstream shit anyway...

how do you guys think about things like that?

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Post by DZA » Sat Mar 28, 2009 9:21 pm

white labels :wink:
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Post by caeraphym » Sat Mar 28, 2009 9:30 pm

^^^That.

Or in the words of where ever Liam Howlet pulled that sample: 'Fuck 'em, and their law!' rofl

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Post by r » Sat Mar 28, 2009 9:43 pm

they cant steal me 200000 bucks if i dont have any or got any because of the remixes, mixes, etc.

jail ? i dont think so

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Post by megaladon » Sun Mar 29, 2009 12:46 am

The_Dza88 wrote:white labels :wink:
How does that actually work? Please don't hit me.

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Post by caeraphym » Sun Mar 29, 2009 12:54 am

Megaladon wrote:
The_Dza88 wrote:white labels :wink:
How does that actually work? Please don't hit me.
It's a record released with a blank (ie: white) label, therefore untraceable/unprocecutable through anonymity.

Various old techno, jungle, hardcore tracks were released this way to save pissing around with sample clearance despite being blatantly obvious who the producer was from the synth/drum sounds used.
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Post by deadly_habit » Sun Mar 29, 2009 1:07 am

i have seen some of the digital labels getting a bit cheeky with the bootlegs though in dubstep

a couple i can think of off the top of my head
alien girl remix by depone
lollipop remix by audiowright

personally i'd be using a one off alias or no name at all to cover my own ass as some label contracts place sample clearance in the hands of the artist

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Post by kotenshu » Tue Mar 31, 2009 10:22 am

but if you're talking about digital stores... couldnt the store be fined aswell for taking their cut of the profit from the remix you sell?

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Post by deadly_habit » Tue Mar 31, 2009 12:13 pm

kotenshu wrote:but if you're talking about digital stores... couldnt the store be fined aswell for taking their cut of the profit from the remix you sell?
doubtful as they generally cover their own asses about content in release agreements/contracts

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