too much to quote, but:

Quote :

"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."

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/18/magazine/18djdrama.t.html

2/20/2007 8:16:55 PM

of course they do. They're unscrupulous fucks who are overcome with greed.

2/20/2007 8:22:12 PM

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2/21/2007 7:46:05 AM