[quote]One Saturday in 1994, Bennie Lydell Glover, a temporary employee at the PolyGram compact-disk manufacturing plant in Kings Mountain, North Carolina, went to a party at the house of a co-worker. He was angling for a permanent position, and the party was a chance to network with his managers. Late in the evening, the host put on music to get people dancing. Glover, a fixture at clubs in Charlotte, an hour away, had never heard any of the songs before, even though many of them were by artists whose work he enjoyed.
Later, Glover realized that the host had been d.j.’ing with music that had been smuggled out of the plant. He was surprised. Plant policy required all permanent employees to sign a “No Theft Tolerated” agreement. He knew that the plant managers were concerned about leaking, and he’d heard of employees being arrested for embezzling inventory. But at the party, even in front of the supervisors, it seemed clear that the disks had been getting out. In time, Glover became aware of a far-reaching underground trade in pre-release disks. “We’d run them in the plant in the week, and they’d have them in the flea markets on the weekend,” he said. “It was a real leaky plant.”[/quote]
[url]http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/04/27/the-man-who-broke-the-music-business[/url]
Not exactly news and a long article, but a very good read into how these early scene groups operated
Very interesting read; I hadn't known about the Scene declining to other leaking groups, I thought they were all independent organizations.
The majority of independent artists and producers don't have to worry about stuff like this anymore.
If you don't want your song to leave your hard drive, then do it all yourself or have a technician work on your track in front of you.
The days of distributing like this are over.
Really good read, that last sentence is great
i can see this being a movie
[QUOTE=DiBBs27;47564908]The majority of independent artists and producers don't have to worry about stuff like this anymore.
If you don't want your song to leave your hard drive, then do it all yourself or have a technician work on your track in front of you.
The days of distributing like this are over.[/QUOTE]
Just make sure your technician doesn't hit "post" on your iTunes page by accident like ..I wanna say katty perry? Did a while back and released a bunch of unfinished stuff
Really enjoyed reading about it, thanks for sharing it :)
It was nice
Idk why I read the whole thing, but it was neat.
They got almost no sentences at all lol.
Really intriguing read, nice find!
[QUOTE=Ninja Gnome;47566347]i can see this being a movie[/QUOTE]
I'd watch it.
Fascinating read, I always enjoy elaborate smuggling/heists like this.
Very good read indeed. That last sentence was great.
When [sp]the FBI raids[/sp] hit the story I was thrilled, holy shit
This was a great read, I could really see this becoming a good movie if someone decided to pick it up
Great article. [sp]Shame it ended like that for Glover, Kali being acquitted and all[/sp].
[QUOTE=Zero Ziat;47571465]Great article. [sp]Shame it ended like that for Glover, Kali being acquitted and all[/sp].[/QUOTE]
[sp] Seems like it was a win/win. Glover assisted the prosecution for reduced time, which ended up being 3 months, and Kali still got acquitted. [/sp]
Id like to hear what glover / Kali is up to nowadays.
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