Don't support Hip Hop Bootleggers
Just what I mean too; they're bootleggers. Hip Hop Bootleggers is the name of the blog that posts links to storage servers that host their illegal downloads. I will not support idiots who openly say they're giving away music that they didn't make for free. The blog is here (All posts have been taken down now, but I'm sure that's not the admin's only web site.). Someone posted about it in the Blogger Help Group (in the wrong category of the group too, lol). Obviously not the place to report such things, I reported it directly to Blogger Support via Blogger's Contact page.
Today someone from Blogger Support replied to my report. In the response it says that I must fill out a notice of copyright infringement and send it via fax or snail mail to them. It would be no big deal, if I was one of the musical artists being infringed upon. But I'm not, so I can't send them anything. I wish I took screenshots of the blog, because the proof of copyright infringement was in plain sight. They had nothing but popular rap albums posted there. In the blog's side bar, there were shout boxes where people could request albums for download.
People, don't be stupid. If you're going to supply illegal downloads, promote your crap via newsgroups and use bittorrent. Otherwise, you're going to get the whistle blown on you sooner rather than later, and you better hope it's not me who finds you first. :)
Labels: Blogger Issues, Whistle Blowing
posted by Lexi at
5:17 PM
6 Comments:
wow. way to go. i hope you're happy with yourself. you took down one of the best sites out there.
I personally liked it because
1) it let me download old albums that i had that got scratched misplaced etc etc
2) It let me download albums to preview, cause lets face most new hiphop these days is garbage.
I hope your arm doesnt break from patting yourself on the back too much.
You squashed an ant inside an anthill. applause.
Way to read an article over a year old. Your argument isn't much of one because:
1.) Most old music can be purchased and downloaded via any online music store, not to mention there are still stores out there that offer hard copies of old albums.
2.) It's your fault that you don't know how to take care of your CDs. Accidents happen yes, but it doesn't take a kidney to replace a CD. Life happens.
3.) I have no problem with people downloading anything for the sake of merely sampling. There's a reason companies let individuals have free copies to evaluate their software, hardware, etc. But you kept the illegal music files you liked, didn't you? I have done it, others have done it, and you're an advocate for it, obviously. Oh, and for sampling you should try www.songza.com. It's a music search engine where you can find the songs you want to hear, listen to the full-length version, and add to an online playlist for easy listening wherever you have internet access.
The only reason I would ever download a song illegally is if no music vendor, online or brick-and-mortar, doesn't have or will ever have that song or album. I'd have to be damned desperate to get it, and in most cases I'm not. And most people aren't either.
So yes, I felt good reporting the website. The person your cheerleading for isn't a hero; he's uploading music you can find anywhere. On that site there was nothing obscure, nothing that's unavailable for legal download, and sure definitely nothing that's too old to be out of print. And your reasons for visiting the site are excuses. Anyone working a McJob can afford good music, therefore I cannot sympathize with you.
The only thing in your comment that I agree with is that new hip-hop, mostly mainstream for me, is garbage. But it isn't just garbage; it's pop. :P
there is a complex and nuanced argument to make for the value of "liberating" music from the tyranny of the market, but instead, how about:
congrats, we're all impressed...way to stand up for the RIAA! hope you get a chance to sue a 12-year-old at some point.
It's not about supporting the RIAA, Mr. Straw Man. You can keep pretending like they don't exist, but there is more to the music industry than big wigs who have nothing better to do than to whine about kiddies finding music for free. For instance the people who market the music, the companies who package the music, the graphic designers who work with PR to advertise the product. Even the people who make and enhance technologies that enable you to share your music "for free". Those people have mouths to feed, whether it be their own or their families. They all get a share of the sales. I support the laborers who help to produce, market, and mass share their music with the world. I could frankly give a shit about the RIAA, because they are a union of rich who step on the backs of others to get where they are today.
The laws are there to protect the workers, but unfortunately the rich can twist the law. If you don't like it, then don't take from the RIAA. Stealing from them is just as flattering to them as it would be to buy from them. If their product continues to be in demand, then the associates of the RIAA will continue to not give a shit about you as a consumer. You think you're so smart and making a statement "liberating" music from the big industry when you're actually doing the opposite. Good job.
Hai fget get dat shoop da whoop off your pic.
I have a better idea - how about I take away the privilege of posting anonymously? That way every troll has a face and a name. =)
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