quoted 8 lines talked to peter w. at astralwerks today and i have found out why the
>> talked to peter w. at astralwerks today and i have found out why the
>> u-ziq my little beautiful cd5 hasnt surfaced. it has been export banned
>> for u.s sale. astralwerks has the rights to put it out but decided they
>> didnt want to at this point. they made it impossible(or supposed to be)
>> to bring it in the country for loss of sales down the road.
>
> this whole concept makes no sense to me. what are the consequences from
> selling cds or records that are export banned? jail time? steep fines?
Depends. Selling import copies of something that a US label has the distro
rights to opens you up to prosecution under US copyright law, so presumably
there could be jail time for particularly egregious offenders. More likely
they'll just fine the shit out of you and confiscate everything you own
under the RICO laws . . .
quoted 3 lines the whole thing seem ridiculous - are you gonna throw people in the
> the whole thing seem ridiculous - are you gonna throw people in the
> clink for wanting to listen to a mikey p cd. funk that. please explain -
> why would anyone go along with this stupidity?
Go ahead and import lots of copies of the single, sell them to lots of people,
and send Astralwerks and the US Attorney's office a nice "I'm doing this
whether you like it or not and fuck you" letter and maybe you'll get to find
out.
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