As in all disputes there are two side to everything.
Black Dog contends that the Plaid compilation is a
cheesy scam to make money and it's greedy and
corporate. And that they don't have the rights to all
of the material. That is one view.
That could be, but I think it is reasonable to assume
that perhaps Plaid might just want the music to be
finally made available. They may not have been happy
with the distribution on their earlier releases.
After all, it wasn't their fault that GPR had the
distribution problems, and went belly up. Perhaps,
they wanted their music to be available, and not
scarce.
I know if I made tracks I would want them to heard and
available for those that liked it. I don't know that
makes sense to me. I wouldn't feel like some greedy
person for trying to do that.
And I'm also pretty darn certain that fans have
probably been bugging THEM and all the labels involved
for their material to be re-released. I don't see
anything wrong with giving the fans what they want.
Sure Plaid & Warp will make money (and maybe some
other parties). Every time something gets released or
reissued money changes hands. Is it morally unethical,
greedy or evil? Nothing has really convinced me that
it is.
There is a demand for this material. I believe that
handles the greedy/corporate whatever discussion.
Whether they have the right to the material is
another. Warp MIGHT have made licensing deals with
GPR/Rising High. We don't know for certain, do we?
Ken Downie might have some stake in some of the
material, even though he didn't write it. Maybe he
owns 1/3 of it, I don't know. That's a legal issue for
all the other parties to deal with.
Let's try and keep this thread from turning into
cheerleading for or against the parties involved. For
Plaid fans to snub Black Dog or vice versa doesn't
seem productive.
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