Re: (idm) Autechre

From Brian
Sent Thu, Jul 16th 1998, 14:38

On Wed, 15 Jul 1998, Chris.Hilker wrote:

> I wonder if they'll hang up on Nothing's attorneys if they happen to call.
> 
> I wonder if Warp will be doing business with this UK distributor that seems
> to be following a wink-wink business policy that obviously undercut's
> Warp's overseas licensing and will make it that much more difficult for
> Warp to make deals with potential licensees in the future. Has it occurred
> to any of the whiny Veruca Salt types on the list that the reason Warp
> tends to deal with dodgy labels is because more responsible businesses want
> no part of a licensing deal where they'll have to compete with greymarket
> import copies? Don't give me that mandatory simultaneous release crap -
> manufacturing and distributing a record throughout the US is an undertaking
> on an entirely different scale than doing the same in the UK.
> 
> C.
> --
> Chris.Hilker (xxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx)
> "What I don't understand," said Richard, "is what these people have
> against dictionaries. Maybe they don't even know they can't spell."

Hmmm, guess it's going to take a bit longer to get to a "global" economy
than most pundits/visionaries thought......

cya
brian
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