so a twenty-something male resident of culver city, california, who streamed (not even offered downloadable tunes) the unreleased (and so not highly anticipated) guns n’ roses album has been picked up by the f.b.i.. can’t you just hear those music industry schmoos (of which you just might be one) saying, he deserved it! that’s illegal!
the music industry has a major public relations problem. and it just gets worse. an acquaintance of mine was recently contacted by GEMA, which is basically the german version of ASCAP or BMI. they were inquiring about songs played by a DJ at his wedding which took place 5 years ago. how crazy is that? or rather, how desperate is that? kids used to grow up wanting to play music, be a producer, or work in the music industry. those dreams died many moons ago.
