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From:
The REAL Mxyzptlk
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Date:
Fri, 17 Jan 2003 11:38:20 -0600
Subject:
Re: [idm] promos glued in players
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<5.1.0.14.2.20030117112027.031dbac0@mail.comcast.net>
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<20030118023254.2e4ff082.xfesty@computeraddictions.com.au>
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quoted 2 lines Oh and how does that stop copyright infringement, with 30 minutes, a> > Oh and how does that stop copyright infringement, with 30 minutes, a > > screwdriver..,
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quoted 2 lines Alternatively just rip out the cd in the worst way you could and grab a>Alternatively just rip out the cd in the worst way you could and grab a >copy.
Well, it seems to me that a 'reviewer' needs stuff to review and one might prize being on a promo list of a label which carries the ilk of Ae. It would not seem like too much of a logical leap to assume that any such option would probably delete your address from the promo list F-A-S-T. It's a matter of counting the cost. Merely having a copy or uploading such to a filesharing network hardly seems like sufficient reward for losing a valuable promo connection if you are in the biz of reviewing. And record companies DO watch ebay for advance copies which are posted before release. I bought something from a store in a used bin and put it up a few weeks back which turned out to be 3 weeks ahead of the release date. Instinct saw it, complained to ebay and the auction was shut down and I was warned that relisting would result in suspension. My guess is that this promo on ebay is only up there (still, I mean - if it is as of yet) because it is a cassette. Assuming it's a Warp release, they have not been historically amenable to incidents of this nature. As I wrote to someone else offlist, it's like ice on a lake in Winter after a long warm spell...just because you see other people on it is no certainty that it will hold you up. I would extend that simile to the aforementioned instance of returning a tampered player to the company, except that I think I would change the season to Summer and suggest that the observer may be experimenting with psychotropic substances :-) jeff --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org