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From:
Chris Fahey
To:
'IDM'
Date:
Wed, 12 Feb 1997 14:16:47 -0500
Subject:
RE: (idm) Parallel Imports
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quoted 19 lines -----Original Message----->-----Original Message----- >From: beatphreak@mail.utexas.edu [SMTP:beatphreak@mail.utexas.edu] > >At 11:48 02/12/97, Chris Fahey wrote: >> >>The point of the law is probably to prevent undercutting the price of >>the domestic product, which is certainly not a possibility in a >>situation where US records and CD's are usually around half the price of >>the imports >> > >no, the point of the law is to keep any imports out. That way, the only >ones sold are domestics and the domestic record company gets all the money. > >simple really. >-j >beatphreak@mail.utexas.edu >john branch >
Duh. What you said is basically what I said, only less accurate. I mean, it's pretty obvious that the reason they wanted "to prevent undercutting the price of the domestic product" was because they wanted to "get all the money". The point of the law is NOT simply to "keep any imports out." If that were the case then the law would say "No foreign records are allowed into the US." They ONLY want to keep imports out if they are going to compete with domestic products. This is obvious - we both know this. Why do you have to dispute my accuracy with your brash flippancy when it's obvious that both of us understand this concept fully?
quoted 3 lines -Chris Fahey>-Chris Fahey > >