A copy of incriminating letters and e-mails has been posted online by Eliot Spitzer's office. The PDF file is here. The fascination of this thing derives from how casual, professional, entrenched was payola at Sony BMG, and how it was openly implemented by executives. There is nothing secretive or abashed about this illegal practice. You can't help wondering how executives at other major labels are feeling now, as the investigation proceeds through their ranks.
Payola Evidence Sheet
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Posted at 5:58AM on Dec 19th 2005 by KirbyMeister
3. Hmm... so these folks that want us all to "respect the law" and not make personal copies of the products we pay for, themselves break the law in promoting them.
The rich just keep gettin' richer.
Posted at 5:58AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Lee Wm. Gaudry
1. Those bastards!
Promoting Celine Dion and J.Lo I can understand. But AudioSlave? I mean half of those guys were from Rage Against The Machine.
Posted at 5:58AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Schnake