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From:
Rychard
To:
IDM
Date:
Sat, 04 Jul 1998 08:40:46 -0700
Subject:
(idm) New Autechre lp/cd banned...
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quoted 5 lines Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 13:40:29 -0700 (PDT)> Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 13:40:29 -0700 (PDT) > From: 9-5SuperSpy <dbremmer@kuci.org> > Subject: Re: (idm) New Autechre lp/cd banned... > > Before everyone gets all pissed at nothing/Interscope,
think about it for
quoted 1 line a minute. Nothing/Interscope can't file anything in court> a minute. Nothing/Interscope can't file anything in court
to stop an
quoted 1 line import record from being sold here, so thier "import ban"> import record from being sold here, so thier "import ban"
has to be in
quoted 1 line full willing cooperation with warp, meaning they agree not> full willing cooperation with warp, meaning they agree not
to sell it to
quoted 1 line distributors who will ship it to the US in thier contract> distributors who will ship it to the US in thier contract
to license the
quoted 1 line album to nothing/Interscope. So before anyone makes any> album to nothing/Interscope. So before anyone makes any
short-sighted
quoted 1 line complaints about nothing/Interscope, make sure you get> complaints about nothing/Interscope, make sure you get
equally pissed at
quoted 1 line your buddies Autechre and Warp, because they are just as> your buddies Autechre and Warp, because they are just as
guilty.
quoted 1 line>
Well said, also consider that we all want this music to be released domestically at a domestic price, but we do not want to wait and support the companies doing this. It must be frustrating for Nothing to invest the money bring a record out in the US, and find that a large number of it's potential customers already own the record. Rychard -- ________________________________________________________________________ "The use of noise to make music will continue and increase until we reach a music produced through the aid of electrical instruments, which will make available for musical purposes any and all sounds that can be heard." John Cage, 1937