i'm sure jay-z is down (secretly or publically) i'd expect to see danger mouse producing some stuff for rocafella soon.
no one can find ringo star and paul was quoted as saying 'what's a remix luv?' On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > Just curious if any of the source artists have given their 2¢ on how they > feel about the album. > > MEK > > > > "ron lux | > rebel:art" To: [email protected] > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: > g> Subject: (313) tomorrow: Grey > Tuesday > > 02/23/04 05:25 PM > > > > > > > "Grey Tuesday" Civil Disobedience Planned February 24th Against Copyright > Cartel > > DOWNHILL BATTLE (February 18, 2004) -- A coalition of websites will join > in an online protest to offer free downloads of a critically acclaimed > album that is being censored by a lawsuit threat from EMI Records. The > action is an act of civil disobedience against a copyright regime that > routinely suppresses musical innovation. The Grey Album, which remixes > Jay-Z's Black Album and the Beatles' White Album, has been hailed as a > innovative hip-hop triumph, but EMI sent cease-and-desist letters to any > record store that stocked it. This Tuesday ("Grey Tuesday") the coalition > of sites will offer free downloads of the Grey Album, and turn their pages > grey, to take a stand against a copyright regime that serves neither > musicians nor the public interest. > > Any site can get information on how to join the action at > www.greytuesday.org > > "Grey Tuesday will be the first protest of its kind," said Downhill Battle > co-founder Holmes Wilson, "The major record labels have turned copyright > law into a weapon, but participants in this action will be ignoring EMI's > threats and insisting on the public's right to hear innovative new music." > > "EMI isn't looking for compensation, they're trying to ban a work of art," > said Downhill Battle's Rebecca Laurie. "The record industry has become a > huge drag on creativity and it's only getting worse--it's time to take a > stand." > > The Grey Album has been widely shared on filesharing networks such as > Kazaa and Soulseek, and has garnered critical acclaim in Rolling Stone > (which called it "the ultimate remix record" and "an ingenious hip-hop > record that sounds oddly ahead of its time"), the New Yorker, the Boston > Globe (which called it the "most creatively captivating" album of the > year), and other major news outlets. > > "It's clear that this work devalues neither of the originals. There is no > legitimate artistic or economic reason to ban this recordâ?"this is just > arbitrary exertion of control," said Nicholas Reville, Downhill Battle > co-founder. "The framers of the constitution created copyright to promote > innovation and creativity. A handful of corporations have radically > perverted that purpose for their own narrow self interest, and now the > public is fighting back." > > The reporters and news outlets that reviewed the Grey Album have obtained > it illegally from filesharing networks. "If music reviewers have to break > the law to hear new, innovative music, then something has gone wrong with > the law," said Laurie. > > "Remixes and pastiche are a defining aesthetic of our era. How will > artists continue to work if corporations can outlaw what they do?" said > Reville. "Artists, writers, and musicians have always borrowed and built > upon each other's workâ?" now they have to answer to corporate legal > teams." > > College and noncommercial radio stations will also be participating in > Tuesday's action by playing the Grey Album in its entirety (possibly along > with the Jay-Z and Beatles sources). > > Contact: > > > Holmes Wilson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Nicholas Reville - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Downhill Battle (www.dowhillbattle.org) > Grey Tuesday (www.greytuesday.org) > Phone: 508-963-7832 / Fax: 775-878-0379 > > > --- > > Historic Online Protest : It's time for music fans to stand up and demand > change from the music industry's copyright cartel. > > Tuesday, February 24 will be a day of coordinated civil disobedience: > websites will post Danger Mouse's Grey Album on their site for 24 hours in > protest of EMI's attempts to censor this work. > > DJ Danger Mouse created a remix of Jay-Z's the Black Album and the Beatles > White Album, and called it the Grey Album. Jay-Z's record label, > Roc-A-Fella, released an a capella version of his Black Album specifically > to encourage remixes like this one. But despite praise from music fans and > major media outlets like Rolling Stone ("an ingenious hip-hop record that > sounds oddly ahead of its time") and the Boston Globe (which called it the > "most creatively captivating" album of the year), EMI has sent cease and > desist letters demanding that stores destroy their copies of the album and > websites remove them from their site. EMI claims copyright control of the > Beatles 1968 White Album. > > Danger Mouse's album is one of the most "respectful" and undeniably > positive examples of sampling; it honors both the Beatles and Jay-Z. Yet > the lawyers and bureaucrats at EMI have shown zero flexibility and not a > glimmer of interest in the artistic significance of this work. And without > a clearly defined right to sample (e.g. compulsory licensing), the five > major record labels will continue to use copyright in a reactionary and > narrowly self-interested manner that limits and erodes creativity. Their > actions are also self-defeating: good new music is being created that > people want to buy, but the major labels are so obsessed with hoarding > their copyrights that they are literally turning customers away. > > This first-of-its-kind protest signals a refusal to let major label > lawyers control what musicians can create and what the public can hear. > The Grey Album is only one of the thousands of legitimate and valuable > efforts that have been stifled by the record industry-- not to mention the > ones that were never even attempted because of the current legal climate. > We cannot allow these corporations to continue censoring art; we need > common-sense reforms to copyright law that can make sampling legal and > practical for artists. > > The Grey Tuesday protest is being organized by Downhill Battle, a music > activism project that has no affiliation with Danger Mouse. > > Sites Participating in the Protest > > Updated Sunday evening. If you plan to include your site in the protest, > send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and we'll add you to the > list. 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