From wells Sent Wed, Jan 14th 1998, 21:20
From wells Sent Wed, Jan 14th 1998, 21:20
At 07:11 PM 1/14/98 +0000, Steve /k/./F/ wrote: > >I can see the arguements from both sides.. but please everyone remember >that >often when small labels release records they do it through bank loans, >or just >dont eat very well for a few years. Even though they may be able to sell >any >records they produce, its usually the question of getting the capital >together >to actually set it going, and then theres the fact that even if you do >sell them all >you may not end up in profit. If i ran a small record label my priority >would >be the next record not represses of older titles.... so those older >titles often suffer. > >Steve > selling out-of-print records from person to person for whatever price does not hurt (or profit) the record company in any way. if some idiot wants to pay $120 for a mask 12" then it's their own problem it doesn't affect skam's (or the artist's) profits at all. i could see a problem with bootlegging in-print music, but when the damn thing is out of print, there is no reason why not to. all the more power to out-of-print MP3s. - wells oliver : xxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx.xxx "jack's bicycle is music to my ears . everything is possible"