New Cities/New Soviets

June 13, 2005

this is really a pity

I noticed that the mixtape section of Kim's video was gone -- here's why:

Kim's Employees Arrested

Damn the music monopoly sucks.

To clarify: the "pirated" CDs are mixtapes, put together by artists and producers outside of the regular music production companies. They use uncleared samples and beats that appear on other albums, (and are usually sold at a lower price), but they are also a source of a lot of original material, more raw, remixed, altered, etc. I've been enjoying Kim's section a great deal over the last 7 to 8 months since I discovered it. The "pirated" DVDs are concert and rare footage that has no official distribution. Kim's sells legit versions of all the regular albums they carry. They were apparently under the impression that there would not be strict enforcement of the law for otherwise unavailable, but culturally important, CDs and DVDs. More's the shame -- I hope the employees don't get it too bad, and that Kim's will not be fined to death.

another take on the incident

Posted by Sam at June 13, 2005 07:11 PM