I've been cc-ed in this reponse to the UR vs Sony case - looks like the big
boys have decided to keep face and back down on the issue!
BABY DIDDY
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Mike & Rolando,
unfortunately you were not able to get back to me personally. Some direct
words
from you to us could have avoided a lot of misunderstandings, wrong
suspicions
and excitement causing damage to both sides.
Obviously you think, that it is our aim to make UR customers buy Sony
records.
Kind of paradoxical. We don?t share your point of view that a cover
version of
Jaguar makes you sell less records. The people interested in your
original
vinyl are way different to Sony buyers. People who have bought UR records
will
still buy UR records.
In the past days we have received a lot of feedback from the underground to
our
cover. Apart from some people just abusing Sony Music with 4-letter words,
many
people express their feelings in a detailed and reasonable style.
We understand that you generally disagree with the whole major company
business.
In this case Sony can be reproached for picking up someone elses idea for
profit
reasons without taking care of the attitude of the inventor. We realize,
that
even that we are save on the legal side and the reactions from the
?overground?
to our version are euphoric, its commercial release would cause a damage to
the
relationship of the industry to the underground that could not be
compensated.
We see ourselves as a company supporting and benefitting from inventive
artists.
Instead of trying to benefit from the huge buzz that has been created, we
have
decided to respect your attitude and declare that we will not work any
further
on the Jaguar cover. Sony Music will not commercially release the track
rather
on CD maxi or compilations. We are quite sure, that a different company will
use
the idea and milk the cashcow.
We are sorry that we have hurt your feelings. Finally at least the UR
record
will benefit from the story. We wish you good luck and a lot of sales for
this
classic piece of music.
Regards
Dirk Dreyer
A&R Manager Sony Music Dance Divsion
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