Doxy Collections?

[John L]

I noticed a recent onslaught of music for downloand at Amazon under the "Doxy" label: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=doxy+collection

Is this legal?

The prices are VERY low. Massive collections of Roy Acuff, Jack Teagarden, Louis Armstrong, Andy Kirk, Roy Acuff etc. can be had for $4.99 each. Some concerts of Miles, Coltrane, Rollins and Evans are mostly $1.99 each.

Edited February 19, 2015 by John L

[clifford_thornton]

If it is the same Doxy that reissues historical jazz and classical recordings on LP with weird new sleeve art, then they are most certainly not legit.

[colinmce]

This looks to be something else. They put the right musician pictures on the "sleeve" at least, but streaming euro bootlegs for certain.

[JSngry]

Just remember - if you sell the drugs, build the playground.

[peterintoronto]

Doxy is a joke. Saw this Coltrane Village Vanguard set last night and snapped a pic:

[clifford_thornton]

Did a little research and they are the same Doxy label. Abraxas does all this stuff, and while there may be a few legitimately licensed titles, the bulk is bootlegged. The Italians strike again.

[John L]

Thanks for that information.

It just goes to show how difficult it has become to enforce copyright laws. I guess that Amazon will keep selling downloads of pirated music until a judge tells them to take down one or another item / label.