On Wed, 12 Feb 1997 11:48:31 -0500, you wrote:
quoted 3 lines But isn't the US copyright holder the same as the foreign copyright>But isn't the US copyright holder the same as the foreign copyright
>holder (i.e., the artist?) And therefore, wouldn't said artist generally
>give themselves permission to sell their own records?
??? an artist with a record deal does not (generally) retain any
copyright.
quoted 3 lines In the case where a record label may own a copyright (and not the>In the case where a record label may own a copyright (and not the
>artist), wouldn't it be in the US label's best interest to keep the
>imports highly priced to drive US consumers to the domestic disks?
if a us label has paid a lot of money (not that that's likely ;) for
the *exclusive* rights to sell a record in the their territory they do
not want people to sell identical records for which they don't get
paid - at any price.
g.