quoted 95 lines From: "Gause, Brian" <bgause@SECTORBASE.COM>
>From: "Gause, Brian" <bgause@SECTORBASE.COM>
>To: Individuals Designed For Mathematics <idm@hyperreal.org>
>Subject: [idm] legality of promos??
>Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 09:37:01 -0700
>
>I don't know the legal implications of 'promos', but I once heard it said
>that it's not really illegal to sell these. Just because someone putts a
>snazzy little sticker on the disk doesn't mean I can't sell
>it...second-hand
>information, of course, but he was a long-time, trusted record shop owner
>so
>I don't immediately believe he's just out for the $$.
>
>Anyone with a legal understanding of this issue 'round these parts?
>
>---brian
>
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Brian MacDonald [mailto:brianm@kuci.org]
>Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 4:00 PM
>To: Individuals Designed For Mathematics
>Subject: Re: [idm] Promos etc
>
>
>
>At least in the States, the specialty record stores will often (despite it
>being technically illegal in most cases) try to sell such a promo item by
>placing it in the "New" section of the racks, putting a snazzy little
>"RARE WHITE LABEL PROMO ONLY!" sticker on it, and usually marking the
>price up.
>
>There are other ways promo items and test pressings leak their way down to
>the occasional fan. Having friends work at record labels or record stores
>is pretty helpful. Then there's eBay, the bottom of the chain for
>practically any hard-to-find wanted item.
>
>As for why they are "special", that's a harder question to answer. I
>mean, if something is a test pressing, then that literally means that this
>pressing could have an inferior sound to the cheaper, subsequent, more
>attractive official release to follow. Then again, sometimes the official
>release never comes out.. therefore rendering the test pressing or promo
>items as the *only* way to get a first generation copy of a hot track.
>
>Of course, some folks are very concerned about being the *first* guy or
>gal on the block to have the record... which is probably the main reason
>for the white label frenzy. We all know how important it is to avoid
>being seen as "like, soooooo six weeks ago... Shuh!" :) Shrug.
>Otherwise.
>
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> Brian MacDonald <brianm@kuci.org>
> KUCI 88.9 fM in Irvine, CA -- Orange County
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>
>
> On Wed, 2 Aug 2000, Medium Graham wrote:
>
> > Hey y'all,
> >
> > I've been DJing for about a year now, and I have a question. Everyone's
> > always talking about 'this white label' and 'that promo'...where do
>these
> > disappear to? I spend more than I should on music, but the only place I
>see
> > these things is on CD in this tiny second-hand shop near me. And then,
> > they're not anything worth buying. Where / how do all you DJ-types on
>this
> > list get your promo material? It's getting kinda hard to keep up with
>the
> > scene without going too far into the red.
> >
> > G-love.
> >
> > http://www.gram.org.uk
>
>
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