Down with the RIAA, Musicians Against the Recording Industry

Presented at DEF CON 12 (2004), July 31, 2004, 5 p.m. (50 minutes).

Down with the RIAA is a look at the current state of the music business and where it is headed. The presentation uses statistics and facts to map out where the industry currently is and details the problems with the current model. After the problems with the current model are shown then the groundwork for the future of the music business is laid out showing how the recording industry is no longer needed. Included in the presentation is information on how artists can produce their own music cutting out the recording business.

Presenters:

• Nathan Hamiel (Ichabod Ver7)
  Nathan Hamiel (Ichabod Ver7) is an independent artist and producer living in Jacksonville, FL. As an artist he has shared the stage with acts such as The Union Underground, Fuel, Scrape, 8Stops7, Phoenix TX, The Crux Shadows, and many more. Using his skills gained as a recording engineer he has been able to create high quality recordings using very reasonably priced equipment many times surpassing the quality of commercial recordings. He has many albums and recordings to his credit and shares the knowledge with other artists and producers world wide. He has created some of his own techniques, including ones on layering drum samples that can now be heard on many different recordings. On the technology side, he is a CISSP, was a presenter at Interz0ne 3, and VP of the Jacksonville 2600.

Links:

• https://infocon.org/cons/DEF CON/DEF CON 12/DEF CON 12 video/DEF CON 12 - Nathan Hamiel - Down with the RIAA - Video.mp4
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAnyTn8PzE4

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