From the cyberdesk of: Alan Michael Parry
quoted 4 lines From: Andrew Bennett <abennett@phoenix.aps.muohio.edu>> From: Andrew Bennett <abennett@phoenix.aps.muohio.edu>
> He said that he mentioned it to his boss earlier (the label owner), who
> concured. The label owner indicated that if this was done to his label,
> that he might sue due to the copyright violations.
I thought the US Supreme court determined that lists of factual information
were specfically not copyrightable. This was regarding people who sold
phone books, and the result is the phone books on CD, etc. Ma Bell couldn't
sue on the grounds of copyright violation as the information was of a
factual nature, and as such, contained no "creative effort". If this guy is
"protecting" his label by wanting to keep the artists and products he
*produces and sells* a "secret", then I for one would be extremely pissed if
I was signed to the label and one of the artists being "represented" by this
asshole. I can't see how this guy justifies this form of "stealth
marketing" to his clients (the artists he's signed to his label). He looks
more like a sue-happy profiteer than a promoter of his artists' work.
Please name the label so I can avoid their products in the future....
Now if the WWW thingy contains actual "samples" of Rephlex products, then if
there were some way to enforce a "play only" mode and disallow downloads,
then you might just need permission from the label to make a "custom format
demo version" similar to the CD-machines you can pop headphones on in Tower
and listen to various CDs before you buy. Does Tower purchase these CDs?
Does that constitute "public performance" and violate the license agreement
printed on the CD? Did Tower obtain a special license for these CD players
accessible to the public? It obviously is "promotional" in nature, but for
example, could I set up a "CD Listening Room" and sell beverages with no
cover or would that be called operating a "bar" and I'd have to pay
ASCAP fees or something? Does Tower have an ASCAP license for the machines?
How does an arrangement like that (i.e. the WWW site holds an ASCAP license)
fit onto the WWW site? Do y'all need an ASCAP license, or does the site, or
does the receiver's site? If you have an ASCAP license, does it matter? Is
there a difference between a DJ and a WWW-cyber-DJ?
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Subject: Strange Cargo
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Date: Mon, 21 Mar 1994 16:09:51 -0600 (CST)
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I know there's been some mention of William Orbit's Strange Cargo 3 with
some hearty recommendations. I'm still waiting for the f*ckers who keep
buying the stock before I get to it at Tower to back off so I can get one.
Oh, the problems of not being able to shop on Tuesday mornings when they get
their shipments in.
Anyways, I have Strange Cargo 1, released in 1988 on IRS as part of their
"No Speak" series. It is No Speak #4. Catalog # IRS 42098
All the tracks were pleasant, but none real standouts. I liked
"Fire & Mercy", "Out of the Ice" sounded like a bored rework of Blondie's
"Rapture", and my favorite was "Jimmy's Jag". I really wish that track had
been reworked into a longer one. Tremendous energy building in it, but the
loops are too short and the guitar riff is just painful, but I think that it
really is an important part of the song. It just seems to "belong" there.
Just wish they would have toned it down a notch and not put the Marshall on
11.
Track Listing:
A1: Via Caliente B1: Out of the Ice
A2: Fire and Mercy B2: Scorpion
A3: Jump Jet B3: Riding to Rio
A4: Silent Signals B4: Jimmy's Jag
A5: The Secret Garden B5: The Mightt Limpopo
B6: Theme Dream
Later Days & Brighter Rays
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Delta Systems
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