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I got my copy of THE GREY ALBUM in
case EMI makes it go away. I was pleasantly surprised to find it’s a good
album. 
As a matter of principle, it is a great album. The short story is that
DJ Danger Mouse created The Grey Album, a mix of Jay-Z’s Black Album and
the Beatles’ White Album, without getting the proper permission from EMI
who owns the rights to the Beatles’ recording. When the remix album proved
popular, EMI’s lawyers issued cease-and-desist letters to record stores
and web sites demanding that they destroy the album. Notice that destroying
an album is something completely different from demanding appropriate royalties.
This, my friends, is the reason I do not buy major label CD’s anymore.
At one time, I averaged about four new CD’s per month; I have purchased
three in the last two years. Downhill
Battle is leading the fight with their Grey
Tuesday protest. You can get the album from Illegal
Art or Brian
Flemming
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