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From:
Lazlo Nibble
To:
Intelligent Dance Music
Date:
Tue, 9 Sep 1997 16:35:47 -0600 (MDT)
Subject:
Re: (idm) boycott Freek Funk!
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quoted 4 lines Nova Mute is releasing a record which is NOT THEIRS TO RELEASE!> Nova Mute is releasing a record which is NOT THEIRS TO RELEASE! > that is wrong. > > why is this so difficult to comprehend, mclance (Lance McGannon)?!
I don't think it's a problem with comprehension. More likely people either don't believe that the situation is as straightforward as you claim it is, or simply don't care. If GPR really did sit on the album for a year without releasing it, I don't have much sympathy for them, regardless of any formal legal obligation Slater might have to them. He may have a *moral* obligation to repay his advance but nothing beyond that (and not even that if his contract with GPR said that rights to album would revert to him under certain conditions he believes have been met). Too many tiny indies are willing to use their size as an excuse to mistreat their artists -- I'm certainly not going to assume that GPR is in the right just because Daniel Miller has more money than they do! -- ::: Lazlo (lazlo@swcp.com; http://www.swcp.com/lazlo) ::: Internet Music Wantlists: http://www.swcp.com/lazlo/Wantlists