From Rychard Sent Sat, Jul 4th 1998, 15:43
> Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 13:40:29 -0700 (PDT) > From: 9-5SuperSpy <xxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx> > Subject: Re: (idm) New Autechre lp/cd banned... > > Before everyone gets all pissed at nothing/Interscope, think about it for > a minute. Nothing/Interscope can't file anything in court to stop an > import record from being sold here, so thier "import ban" has to be in > full willing cooperation with warp, meaning they agree not to sell it to > distributors who will ship it to the US in thier contract to license the > album to nothing/Interscope. So before anyone makes any short-sighted > complaints about nothing/Interscope, make sure you get equally pissed at > your buddies Autechre and Warp, because they are just as guilty. > Well said, also consider that we all want this music to be released domestically at a domestic price, but we do not want to wait and support the companies doing this. It must be frustrating for Nothing to invest the money bring a record out in the US, and find that a large number of it's potential customers already own the record. Rychard -- ________________________________________________________________________ "The use of noise to make music will continue and increase until we reach a music produced through the aid of electrical instruments, which will make available for musical purposes any and all sounds that can be heard." John Cage, 1937