you're right, the site looks nice and expensive, but then - if they
collect enough $20 accounts, it was probably worth it. also, if the
website was developed in Russia, then its much cheaper than UK.
some more information here:
http://noiseloop.com/article.php/20041008171656597
also news article on de-big:
http://www.de-bug.de/news/2840.html
--- j izam <izimizam@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
quoted 155 lines ive had a look and emailed a few freinds with chilled
>
> ive had a look and emailed a few freinds with chilled
> stuff on
> there and no one has been informed . they are also selling some
> artists
> tracks which the artists havent even named as such ? and dont exist
> . .
> .very odd.Totally illegal use and my guess is its just a ripoff as
> some of
> the stuff they are selling doesnt actually exist ! My suggestion is
> people
> mail every forum they can and ask everyone on there to pass on an
> email to
> everyone they can think of , word soon gets around.What amazes me
> is the
> amount of web work that goes into this kind of site . . .
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "R.P." <rockin_pony@yahoo.com>
> To: <idm@hyperreal.org>
> Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 10:39 AM
> Subject: Re: [idm] Fwd: Possibly illegal mp3 sales site
>
>
> > yes, we tried that yesterday, same story. you pay $20 but then
> you
> > can't download anything, cuz its all unavailable yet! perhaps
> their
> > idea is to collect $20 from everyone and then to run away. i
> received
> > the info about that site from SolarX, who discovered his albums
> > there, but of course he didnt know anything about the site. i
> then
> > found a lot of other releases, and checked with all my friends,
> > including Pietro De Sacco - no one was ever contacted by this
> > jetgroove regarding mp3 sales. from the beginning i had a feeling
> > that this is something to do with russians (unfortunately) , as
> the
> > website is very similar in look to many illegal mp3 sites in
> Russia,
> > + i've found the admin name which is Russian , and their address
> is a
> > russian law firm in London! of course its possible that they used
> > that address only for registration. but also i've found the name
> of
> > the actual owner, also Russian!
> > if they think that opening the same ILLEGAL site in the UK will
> work
> > just the same as in Russia, they're wrong.
> >
> >
> > --- andrew jones <liminal18@mac.com> wrote:
> > > Just so you know, someone tried
> > > downloading the unlicensed tracks and they don't
> > > let you.
> > >
> > > Peace,
> > > A
> > >
> > > Begin forwarded message:
> > >
> > > > From: "Robokoneko =^.^=" <robokoneko@couchblip.com>
> > > > Date: October 7, 2004 11:54:27 PM EDT
> > > > To: andrew jones <liminal18@mac.com>
> > > > Cc: Ray Rodriguex <ray@heftyrecords.com>
> > > > Subject: Possibly illegal mp3 sales site
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Hey Andrew and Ray,
> > > >
> > > > Here is an excerpt from an email I just sent to pietro
> regarding
> > > the
> > > > site:
> > > >
> > > > ".....I have just registered a user account with jetgroove
> and I
> > > added
> > > > all the couchblip stuff to my shopping cart and they are all
> > > listed as
> > > > not yet available
> > > > so it looks like they are legit so far as they are not making
> our
> > >
> > > > music available until we sign their contract. Anyway I should
> be
> > > > notified by an automated email if they ever are made
> available on
> > > that
> > > > site "
> > > >
> > > > I just did the same for a random merck and hefty release and
> they
> > > were
> > > > also listed as not yet available so you can't buy them from
> the
> > > site.
> > > >
> > > > I have the original email jetgroove sent to us a while ago, I
> > > will
> > > > forward it to you both, we just didn't sign up for digital
> > > > distribution with them and yet they have gone to all this
> efoort
> > > to
> > > > list us on the site. It has a legitimate contact email.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Melinda@couchblip!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > andrew jones wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> Hey Folks,
> > > >>
> > > >> We just discovered this site today
> > > >> http://jetgroove.com/
> > > >>
> > > >> It contains music from Merck which
> > > >> we did not license them to sell nor
> > > >> are we receiving any payment from
> > > >> them for sales. We're wondering if any
> > > >> other labels they carry (they go heavy
> > > >> on electronic music) are also being sold
> > > >> by them w/o any notification or payment.
> > > >> It includes music from Warp, Botanica Del Jibaro,
> > > >> Mille Plateux, Hefty, and other others.
> > > >>
> > > >> Any information on if this service has contacted
> > > >> people about licensing their music for sale
> > > >> would be appreciated. The contacts provided
> > > >> on the site do not work.
> > > >>
> > > >> Also we have no problem w/ people sharing
> > > >> our music, but we do have a problem with people
> > > >> profiting from our music w/o compensating
> > > >> the label or the artists.
> > > >>
> > > >> Kind Regards,
> > > >> Andrew Jones
> > > >> press@m3rck.net
> > > >> 407-927-7607
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > >
> >
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> > > Andrew Jones
> > > 912 Euclid Ave.
> > > Birmingham, AL, 35213
> > > 407-927-7607
> > > aim: liminal18
> > >
> >
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