Is DJ’ing music from blogs legal?
Such as http://dub-level.com/index.php?
what do you think?
nope… stealing music is frowned upon by authorities… if the new laws pass and your harddrive is raided and the track contains things like blog names your going to get fined for playing pirated music in a public area, which is a much bigger fine than playing them for personal use only…
You should also support the artists that make the music that allow you to call yourself a dj by paying for it.
Definitely looks illegal from those two sites but some sites have mostly legal/free stuff…I find alot of remixes from blogs and then just follow the artist on soundcloud, usually that artist puts up free downloads or else has a link to buy and I’ll support them.
I believe thats legal but honestly it has gotten more complicated lately.
Oh! I had no idea, honestly. I did not understand how they could blog the music up and it is illegal. Dub-Level is really illegal that sucks man.
Dub Level is really the one I care about the most. I have got their entire archive back to November 2010 and have just recently finished polishing out the must have songs from the plain jane ones. One by freaking one. I would appreciate if you guys could read through this and let me know if what I am doing is illegal for sure. I’d hate to have my hard work go to waste for nothing.
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dub-level definitely has pirated music.
Will you get in trouble for DJing with it? No, almost definitely not.
Whether or not you think it is ethical and what you do with it is up to you.
this allows them to deny resposibility when they get busted, because they were unaware the song uploaded by person x was belonging to person y even if person y is a mainstream artist like benni benassi 
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the rest of it is forum hacking rules that they will take action against you with for stealing information from their server, upload viruses and malware or if you steal the music they stole first 
It’ll be halarious when a douchey dj gets busted with 100gb of stolen music, they will probably get a billion dollar fine and two life sentences considering people got fined $4000 per track for downloading from napster and that music was never played in public LOL.
Supporting the original artists is something I do care about. Is there any other options for me at this time? Would love some alternatives as I do not really have the cash flow to drop $1.00 to $2.49 a song at the moment. Although I do have a lot of free time, so I would be possibly interested in some monthly membership sites where I could acquire good and/or popular House, Electro, Minimal & Dubstep? Any thoughts? Also would it be completely un-ethical to use the Dub-Level songs to build my first few mixes and sets, and then buy the songs I know I will actually play?
Please explain how that scenario would ever happen. Where is this police force that shakes down DJs and seizes laptops and searches for pirated music then sends them to prison? Because I’m not sure what planet you are living on.
Record companies would have to be stupid not to instill the fear in all the new dj’s since it has blown up so much that now any 16 year old with a computer does it. All they need is set a couple of examples which should slow down the level of piracy, it worked for a while when napster got shut down.
It probably wouldn’t happen to any underground dj’s, but the rnb and commercial crowd have big record companies and expensive lawyers… just wait a couple of years… But I’m just trying to scare the kiddies into doing what’s right, to me this question shouldn’t even arrise, as I’m sure every dj asking “if it’s okay to play stolen music” would be pissed if they didn’t get paid for a gig…
but I come from vinyl where every record containing two tracks usually only one of which I’d play cost $19AUS… paying $2.50 - $3.00 is nothing on comparison.
And I come from planet paranoia L
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then just buy less and let your collection build up more slowly over time - make notes of the tunes you’ve found that u want - or if downloading from dodgy sources like that make sure you buy them before actually using them to play out.
a couple of dollars a track is nothing compared to the old days of buying on vinyl. just that your options were a bit more limited when it came to stealing tunes back then 
i haven’t bought any new tracks the last couple of months as i haven’t been able to afford to due to having some big things to save up for. i’ve just been browing tracks on djtunes.com and adding to my basket ones that i will buy when i have the cash as opposed to looking for illegal sources instead.
there are some blogs that post legal stuff. but it´s just a few.
but you could always connect with producers and ask them for tunes, that you could promote live or in mixtapes.
Does anyone here have experience with networking with producers to promote, that is something I could be interested in. Although I don’t believe anyone has answered my question solidly in regards to whether or not Dub-Level is legal to get some of my first sets and mixes together then later purchase the songs to support the artists I am actually going to be playing. After which I will build set lists upon purchased tunes? Purely for beginner purposes I want to know if it is legal or not? Thank you
Technically it is illegal, but the chances of you getting caught are slim to none.
Why not find a job and put work into your musical direction? Time and money = energy, thus the more energy you put into your music, the better your results will be.
The main temperament here is that you should be paying for your tracks. As stated above, a vinyl costs anywhere from $9.00 to $20.00+, so paying $1.49 or $2.49 for a track is nothing in comparison.
No it’s illegal to steal music although as xone said, it’s not enforced… In regards to producers you usually either need to be atleast a national name that can offer them wide exposure or a producer in collaboration with them to get exclusives… But you can usually sell yourself to smaller producers from different states/countries if you say how much you like their stuff, those guys will usually be happy to have their music heard by crowds in a different area…
If you can’t afford songs, you shouldn’t be DJing.
Harsh, but true. Use the time you have to focus on perfecting the skills on the tracks you have bought. Also, a lot of artists give out their stuff for free on soundcloud / their facebook, but I wouldn’t condone blogging tracks at all, not when they are for sale.
Alright, I see a consensus among members. I have a job btw. lol I will pay for my songs bottom line, its legit, its supporting the artist, it will make me care that much more about every song I play. Also it will eradicate all the cookie cutter songs I may have kept in my library because they were free. I am beginning to see everyones point that even starting or especially starting out paying for songs will all together make me a better DJ morally and technically speaking. Thank you all for your input, you guys have yet to steer me the wrong way. Much obliged! 
This is kind of what I was getting at, most of the time I either play less mainstream stuff or remixes of mainstream stuff…so if i hear a remix on a blog and like it I look them up on soundcloud and see if the remixer put up a download. Usually they have a downlaod. As far as an unknown producer giving away remixed content…I don’t know if thats legal or not but if I like the tune and the original artist won’t support it then How am I going to ever get the remix if I do not download it from the remixer.
I’ve always been confused on that topic to be honest…and if I find a remix on a blog that is being given away free by the remixer, is it really that bad that I download from the blog and have a note in the comment as opposed to a direct download off of their soundcloud…answers would be nice haha
Technically remixes being given away by producers that include someone else’s content are almost as illegal as blogs, but it’s a grey area that I feel leaves you in a better position than straight out copyright infringement (2nd year law student here ;p)