As reported in
Greg.org, and in today's
New York Times, The St. Mark's Street location of Kim's Video (aka Mondo Kim's), a drycleaning establishment turned entertainment retail empire, was raided by police officers on Wednesday. Five store employees were charged with trademark counterfeiting. (Kim's store on Avenue A, where employees routinely terrorized customers with their ornery service, was shuttered last fall.)
According to
MTV.com, the raid focused on Kim's mixtape business -- not on its bootleg videos. Police "seized 27 music DVDs, nine DVD burners and several store computers. All of the CD-Rs and DVDs were described by an RIAA spokesperson as 'urban in nature' -- mixtapes, featuring music by artists such as 50 Cent, Nelly, Alicia Keyes and Jay-Z."
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# posted by Steve Gallagher @ 6/10/2005 10:23:00 AM
Comments (3)
There has been much discussion of the Kim's raid as it relates to the seizure of mix CDs, but little talk of the fact that DVD copies of the mash-up film 'Apocalypse Oz' were also confiscated. This has alll sorts of different ramifications for copyright law and its interpretation. The seizure of the film is all the more significant considering the fact that it it is not the filmic equivilant of a mix CD - a mash-up re-edit of the existing films - but rather is an original film shot from a mashed-up screenplay. I saw the film play in LA, but didnt imagine there would be DVDs floating around out there. Was there any further word on this particualar seizure?
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posted by simonfields @ 12/05/2005 6:26 PM
I don't know but I saw that movie. It's sick. Does anyone know where I can get copies?
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posted by Alex Robinson @ 1/14/2006 1:26 AM
The seizure of the film is all the more significant considering the fact that it it is not the filmic equivilant of a mix CD - a mash-up re-edit of the existing films - but rather is an original film shot from a mashed-up screenplay.
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posted by fire @ 5/11/2006 2:31 AM
