Gothamist: St. Mark's Kim's Raided

andrew simmons

Fri, 13 Jan 2006 01:08:47 -0500

That movie "Apocalypse Oz" got nabbed too apparently. What the hell do they have a problem with that for?

Sans Cankles

Sun, 12 Jun 2005 15:14:01 -0500

Same comment applies here...I'm glad my tax dollars are going for booking dangerous Mondo Kim's employees instead of staffing MTA booths to prevent subway rapings.

EightBitHustler

Sun, 12 Jun 2005 00:42:10 -0500

Screw the RIAA.. this is exactly the reason I will continue to "steal" their lame ass shit.. they can stick thier heavy hands up their collective arses.

bob denver

Fri, 10 Jun 2005 16:47:46 -0500

Kim's provides a public service. Many of their bootlegs are unreleased things of cultural significance. The place is a goldmine. If it closes a lot of stuff will be lost and unavailable elsewhere. Score one for homogenized entertainment.

Jack

Fri, 10 Jun 2005 16:03:09 -0500

Gothamist, I doubt the bust was made because of them releasing official DVDs before the official release date. Those are legit DVDs and while not ideal, they were still legit DVDs. Nobody was being ripped off. But I'm echoing keith's sentiments. Wonder what caused the raid to happen now rather than YEARS AGO when this stuff was going on in the past. The amount of bootleg DVDs in that place was absolutely shocking. It was amazing to me I could be on line in the store in the middle of the day and watch a guy blatantly create DVDs--with shrink-wrap and everything--right behind the counter. And for what it's worth, everyone in this city knows that even before Kim's sold DVDs the shelves were ALWAYS stocked to the brim with bootleg VHS tapes. I really want to know how they avoided getting raided in the past.

greg.org

Fri, 10 Jun 2005 15:44:33 -0500

I wouldn't be surprised if it was the RIAA hack in a "COPS" windbreaker that the Post is talking about. In MTV.com's report of the bust, they mention that 50 Cent songs were included on the mixtapes, which is hi-lariously hy-pocritical, since 50c got his start selling mixtapes on the street.

keith

Fri, 10 Jun 2005 14:45:39 -0500

I'm a long time Kim's shopper, but frankly, I'm surprised it took this long. It sometimes looks like half their DVD stock is bootleg.

bob denver

Fri, 10 Jun 2005 13:28:51 -0500

Yeah, who are these weasel record executives teaming up with the cops. As far as I'm concerned kim's video is the most important cultural institution in nyc - more so than MOMA or lincoln center. Hope Mr. Kim stays afloat.

bb

Fri, 10 Jun 2005 11:32:56 -0500

As far as I understand, the mix-tapes in question were not "made" by the Kim's staff. There is a large underground network producing these things. Kim's happens to be one of the places they might be found. Interesting that the times makes no mention of record execs being present. Shouldn't the NYPD, feds, whoever be doing there own homework rather than bringing execs to a "crime scene"?