The RIAA Has the Law, But Kim's Employees Have a Witheringly Dismissive Attitude On Their Side
Remember last June, when the St. Marks Kim's Video was raided and all the employees hauled to jail?
The rest of you hipper-than-thou record store employees are next.
The Kim s raid is one of a recent onslaught of busts stemming from the RIAA s new zero-tolerance policy on pirated CD retailers. In a May 12 news release, the association announced a beefed-up anti-piracy effort focusing on small retail locations selling pirated music.
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Since adopting the zero-tolerance policy, Buckles has assembled a national force of ex-cops to act as the RIAA s own enforcement squad. Outfitted in black cargo pants, black steel-toed boots and black flak jackets emblazoned with RIAA instead of NYPD, these enforcers resemble real cops so much so that Chinatown observers aren t the only ones who can t tell the difference between the recording industry s band of ex-cops and bureaucrats from the real cops.
Mixtapes are the new drugs — someone get us a picture of a supermodel listening to bootleg reggaeton!
