DJTT Ninjas Help needed: Djing illegal tracks in ur mostly purchased set?

[Jester]

http://www.djtechtools.com/forum/sho...illegal+tracks

[zestoi]

Did i once state i didnt pay for my music... no i was just asking a general question cause of curiousity and general discussion about the question at hand - the point of a forum or so i thought... O.o

Zestio im sorry all ur post and replies are absolutely legendary and blow us newcomers out of the water because ur life has decayed trolling forums like this one so quit flaming and go somewere else

cheers and apologies for my post... i was really very drunk last night... no excuse but i should remember to not post on forums when drunk :eek:

[dafe]

but i should remember to not post on forums when drunk :eek:

Lies! some of the best posts on this forum came from the I iz drunk thread

[sarasin]

Didn't Mauro Picotto get busted some years ago, like 2003/2004 in Greece for this?

I don't know that story....but I will say that if you play someones unreleased track...and they did not give you the go ahead...you could get into shit I guess..if he tries to sue you or something.

Greece...I remember them busting parties left right and center a few years ago.

At one Psytrance Outdoor Event they REALLY went at it and were smashing poor hippies that were tripped out, ripping tents open, searching females...HEAVILY (if you get my drift).Not nice!

So I if it were to happen anywhere...it would be Greece.

LOL

[TreTuna]

Here's the thing.. Mostly for DJs, you don't get busted for playing music you didn't pay for... You get busted if the venue/you (If you're a mobile DJ) aren't paying the monthly payments to the music royalty commissions such as ASCAP and BMI. The venues pay these fees as a blanket protector for any music played in the venue. That's where the artists make a little money out of us playing live. If the venue doesn't not have this license then it is on you to have this taken care of, as you are the sole person responsible for what you are playing. Most people/places don't really think about this, though as I say this I have never had an issue arise with it and I have never had to pay for my own blanket license. However, this is the real problem with playing music out and about though, not wether you own the tracks or not. Quite frankly they are not going to come to a club and analyze your files to see if you own them, they will come, see if you have the music broadcasting license, if you do, you're good, if not, you get shut down and fined.

[sobi]

There is no special SVU: DJ Unit going around checking to see if you have the paperwork to back up all that you bought all your tunes.

Wrong.

[sphilibin]

Like i've always said, if you have the money, you should be buying the music, but if you're on a budget, and need to pirate shit to get started, that's cool, I mean, I think of it this way, if you either don't play the track, or pirate it, by playing it, you're exposing it to people who may go out and buy it, who wouldn't have if they hadn't heard you spin it... It's a morale thing, with some loopholes really

[shr3dder]

Like i've always said, if you have the money, you should be buying the music, but if you're on a budget, and need to pirate shit to get started, that's cool, I mean, I think of it this way, if you either don't play the track, or pirate it, by playing it, you're exposing it to people who may go out and buy it, who wouldn't have if they hadn't heard you spin it... It's a morale thing, with some loopholes really

Whatever helps you sleep at night dude...

Like a few people have said... We used to pay 10x as much as we do now for a single 12inch as we do for one tune off Beatport.....

This shit is heaven, if you can't afford music then you can't afford to DJ.

[Edward Bomb]

Years ago when I was DJing with vinyl the venue I was playing in on was audited by the PRS (Performing Rights Society) who look after royalty payments to artists from venues in the UK. They went through my record box and took a note of all the tunes I had in there. Now obviously you couldn't illegally download vinyl but if this was to happen to your laptop some issues could possibly arise.

[zestoi]

Years ago when I was DJing with vinyl the venue I was playing in on was audited by the PRS (Performing Rights Society) who look after royalty payments to artists from venues in the UK. They went through my record box and took a note of all the tunes I had in there. Now obviously you couldn't illegally download vinyl but if this was to happen to your laptop some issues could possibly arise.

i never had any porn on my vinyl anyway...