Editing Robert Fripp (section)

==Discipline Global Mobile==
{{Main|Discipline Global Mobile}}
In 1992, Fripp and producer/online content developer David Singleton co-founded [[Discipline Global Mobile]] (DGM) as an [[independent record label|independent music&nbsp;label]]. DGM releases music by Fripp, KC, related acts, and other artists in CDs and in downloadable files. A 1998 ''Billboard'' profile stated that DGM had ten staff-members in [[Salisbury]] (England) and Los Angeles (USA). DGM has an aim "to be a model of ethical business in an industry founded on exploitation, oiled by deceit, riven with theft and fueled by greed."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dgmlive.com/pages/about-dgm |title=About DGM |website=dgmlive.com |access-date=1 February 2021}}</ref> DGM insists that its artists retain all copyrights; consequently, even DGM's "knotwork" corporate-logo ''(pictured above)'' is owned by its designer, Steve Ball;<ref>{{cite web |url=https://shop.schizoidshop.com/king-crimson---absent-lovers-p2.aspx |title=King Crimson - Absent Lovers |website=shop.schizoidshop.com |access-date=1 February 2021}}</ref><ref name="HHcredits" >{{harvtxt|Hegarty|Halliwell|2011|loc=[http://cipg.codemantra.us/UI_TRANSACTIONS/Marketing/UI_Marketing.aspx?ID=WP9780826423320&ISBN=9780826423320&sts=b "Illustration credits: Chapter&nbsp;9", p.&nbsp;xii]}}
</ref> the "knotwork" logo appeared earlier on the cover of later versions of the ''Discipline'' album. DGM's aims were called "exemplary" by Bill {{harvtxt|Martin|1997}}, who wrote that "Fripp has done something very important for the possibilities of experimental music" in creating DGM, which "has played a major role in creating favorable conditions for" King Crimson.<ref name="Martin269">{{harvtxt|Martin|1997|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=APmUFlgm0R4C&q=Discipline+Global+Mobile 269]}}</ref>

DGM publishes an on-line diary by Fripp, who often comments on performances and on relations with fans. A moderated forum allows fans to ask questions or to leave comments. Together, Fripp's diary and the fan&nbsp;forum display delayed&nbsp;dialogs in which Fripp and fans discuss diary-entries and forum-postings.<ref name="Atton43"/>

===Copyright infringement complaints===
In 2009, Fripp released a statement claiming that [[EMI]] & Sanctuary Universal had uploaded music to various music stores without his consent, stating "NONE of these downloads were licensed, authorised or legitimised. that is, every single download of any KC track represents copyright violation. or, to use one syllable instead of seven, theft."<ref>{{Cite web |title=A message from Robert Fripp to all King Crimson fans and enthusiasts... |author=Sid Smith |work=DGM Live |date=31 January 2009 |access-date=28 September 2021 |url= https://www.dgmlive.com/news/a-message-from-robert-fripp-to-all-king-crimson-fans-and-enthusiasts |quote=}}</ref>

In 2011, Fripp complained that the streaming service [[Grooveshark]] continued to stream his music despite his having delivered repeated [[notice and take down|takedown notices]]. Fripp and Grooveshark's correspondence was published by ''[[Digital Music News]]''<ref name="NYT14Dec11"/><ref>{{cite news|title=Grooveshark Lawsuit Reveals Details of Universal Music Group's Allegations|first=Glenn|last=Peoples|date=21 November 2011|newspaper=billboard.com|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/1159821/grooveshark-lawsuit-reveals-details-of-universal-music-groups-allegations |access-date=5 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Rochell |last=Abonalla |date=13 October 2011 |title=King Crimson Can't Get Their Music Off of Grooveshark. So They cc'd Digital Music News… |url=https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2011/10/13/cc/ |work=[[Digital Music News]] |access-date=1 February 2021}}</ref> and in his diaries, which appear on the website of Discipline Global Mobile.<ref name="Atton43" >{{harvtxt|Atton|2001|p=43}}: {{cite journal|first=Chris|last=Atton|journal=Popular Music|year=2001|volume=20|issue=1|pages=29–46|publisher=Cambridge&nbsp;University Press|doi=10.1017/S0261143001001295|title='Living in the Past'?: Value discourses in progressive&nbsp;rock fanzines|jstor=853693|s2cid=191358373}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Smith |first=Sid |date=1 May 2015 |title=Going, Going, Grooveshark Gone |url=https://www.dgmlive.com/news/going-going-grooveshark-gone |website=dgmlive.com}}</ref>

Fripp's published exchange was included in a suit against Grooveshark by [[Universal Music Group]], which was filed in November 2011.<ref name="NYT14Dec11" >{{cite news|title=Sony and Warner are said to sue web music service|first=Ben|last=Sisario|date=14 December 2011|newspaper=New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/15/business/media/sony-and-warner-are-said-to-join-suit-against-grooveshark.html?_r=1|access-date=30 May 2012}}</ref><ref name="Sandoval"/> UMG cited internal documents revealing that Grooveshark employees uploaded thousands of illegal copies of UMG-owned recordings.<ref name="Sandoval">{{Cite web|last=Sandoval|first=Greg|title=Lawsuit claims Grooveshark workers posted 100,000 pirated songs|url=https://www.cnet.com/culture/lawsuit-claims-grooveshark-workers-posted-100000-pirated-songs/|access-date=2023-02-20|website=CNET|language=en}}</ref> Fripp had previous experience protecting his music in litigation with music companies.<ref>{{harvtxt|Bruford|2009|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=R4iW0tsxLqQC&q=EG%2C+Virgin%2C+EMI%2C+Fripp 142]}}: {{cite book|title=Bill&nbsp;Bruford: The autobiography: Yes, King&nbsp;Crimson, Earthworks, and more|first=Bill|last=Bruford|author-link=Bill Bruford|publisher=Jawbone Press|year=2009|isbn=978-1-906002-23-7}}</ref>

Fripp has stated that he believes "Unauthorised streaming or MP3 giveaways – it amounts to the same thing – copyright theft."<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.dgmlive.com/diaries.htm?entry=20192 |title =Robert Fripp's Diary for Friday, 12th August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213184848/http://www.dgmlive.com/diaries.htm?entry=20192 |archive-date=13 December 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>