I attended this panel debate at the Words, Beats and Life Bootleg Festival this past Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009. This was a good way to kick off the festival with a topic that is effecting hip-hop . Thanks to Dr. Jared Ball the founder of FreeMix Radio for the mp3 hookup as well as the information he provided me. Also check out his site FreeMix Radio for more topics that effects the artform we love called “Hip-Hop”.
What began as an exploration into the role, function and impact of intellectual property rights, copyright as part of this week’s Words, Beats and Life, Inc.’s Bootleg Festival panel Radio Retaliation: Intellectual Property and Hip-Hop Subversion became a powerful debate over who suffers most from bootlegging, or “illegally” distributing copyrighted materials. The panelists included: Nick Schonberger (scholar/curator), Michelle Smith a.k.a. Noodles (On-air host, WPFW/Cookiewear) and Naji Mujahid (emcee), Kenzo Hakuta (Dir., City of God’s Son) and Dr. Jared A. Ball (professor/founder of Freemix Radio). The discussion’s moderator was Bomani “D’Mite” Armah, “Poet with a hip-hop style.”
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This was great. Noodles was really missing the point about bootlegging. It’s only about patience insomuch as it’s a fact for many that if they can’t watch all five summer blockbusters when they debut, they’re probably not going to do so eventually either — so it’s disingenuous to tally them as potential revenue lost, since many are only watching Transformers 2 BECAUSE they can do so without having to pay movie theater/Netflix/On Demand prices and wouldn’t watch it otherwise.
I thought it was funny that the MP3 had different songs used as background music lol
This was pretty cool. I rarely download movies because it takes way to long. As far as music goes Ill download an album if its not out yet and I really want to hear it, or if its out of print or if its a free release. I like owning the originals for the artwork and the the fact that you have a hard copy. When albums switch to digital only why should I pay $9.99 for something that I can get for free? You still have to burn it to disc or back it up some other way.
Thanx MDD & Charity for the comments that you both left, it is very much appreciated.
I believe in buying music, but I don’t believe in buying all music that I own. I download a lot of leaks, and I ultimately cop the albums that impress me. I like 808s and Heartbreak enough to keep it in my iTunes library for a spin every now and again, but I don’t like it enough to spend cash on it, to tell some music industry goon that more albums like it should be made.
Damn, I wish I made it to that one Weds. I was at the panel on thursday that the homie Asheru was a part of. Good looks on posting this.