The Village Voice Reports:
http://www.villagevoice.com/music/0524,websylvester,64885,22.html
"Five Hundred CD-Rs, Twenty-Seven Music DVDs, Nine DVD
burners, and a scanner were among the items seized"
So the jury (natch) is still out ...
Shimone/Justes
http://www.staticbeats.com
http://www.jungle-life.com
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--- darren bergstein <eimag@optonline.net> wrote:
quoted 48 lines regarding the whole bootleg issue, again, i don't
> regarding the whole bootleg issue, again, i don't
> know - i'm trying to
> get some more info this week, but it's not all that
> forthcoming right
> now. the idea of a 'bootleg' could be something as
> innocent as an
> employee burning a purchased cd for a friend, or
> hell, just for the
> store to have a play copy...who knows?
>
> darren b
>
> StaticBeats wrote:
>
> >--- darren bergstein <eimag@optonline.net> wrote:
> >it's especially amusing since, to the best
> >of my knowledge, kim's has never sold bootlegs of
> any
> >kind (having never done an inventory there,
> however,
> >it might be prudent to not quote me on that). but
> >that's far from the point.
> >=== message truncated ===
> >
> >I wouldn't say it's far from the point. In fact,
> that
> >IS the point, nevermind the Orwellian direction our
> >society is taking, if your eyes are closed to this
> >open them up. Disseminating stories like this helps
> to
> >keep the public informed so thanks for sharing.
> >
> >With that said however I think it's important to
> note
> >whether or not bootlegs were in fact being sold.
> The
> >NYT article mentions only 6(?) out of 20 employees
> and
> >specifically notes computers and CD/DVD burners.
> The
> >treatment of these employees before and during
> their
> >arrest is no great surprise to anyone who's been
> >locked up or arrested for an infraction small or
> >large.
> >
> >The question is, did the police have just cause to
> >raid this store for piracy?
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