Love-Hounds-request@GAFFA.MIT.EDU (12/11/90)
Really-From: think!ames!claris!portal!cup.portal.com!stuart@EDDIE.MIT.EDU Hello, I'm wondering why this took me so long. There is absolutely no reason for the record companies to feel sorry about the fans who bought the Boxed Set, if they release the B-side only CDs in the USA, because.... ... it is illegal to sell the Boxed Set in the USA! So, if they release just the two B-side CDs in the USA, they will be on pretty firm ground ethically. This is not to say that they would care in any event, though :-) . And it would be really terrible business sense to announce the double B-side set before selling the Boxes for Christmas first. My guess is that the B-sides will be on EMI-America or EMI-Manhattan, not on CBS. Therefore, they will have everything except the five songs owned by CBS. This allows them to keep both CDs under 60 minutes, a slight savings in pressing cost. Ken (I guess I won't be on the 2-CDs) ...!portal!cup.portal.com!stuart PS In case you are wondering, it is illegal to sell the Boxed Set in the USA or any other foreign pressing, because the rights are owned by EMI-America, CBS, etc. under specific agreement with EMI UK that gives them exclusive rights to Kate Bush material during the years in question. Similarly, you can't sell UK or Japanese "Dark Side of the Moon" CDs in the USA, because Capitol owns exclusive rights. And the RIAA has prosecuted people for doing so (so far only stores or companies that specialized in parallel imports, though - but the law is not restricted to only parallel pressings).
Love-Hounds-request@GAFFA.MIT.EDU (12/13/90)
Really-From: think!ames!csccat.cs.com!larry@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Larry Spence) In article <9012102227.1.146@cup.portal.com> it was writ: >Really-From: think!ames!claris!portal!cup.portal.com!stuart@EDDIE.MIT.EDU > > There is absolutely no reason for the record companies to feel sorry >about the fans who bought the Boxed Set, if they release the B-side only CDs >in the USA, because.... > ... it is illegal to sell the Boxed Set in the USA! >PS In case you are wondering, it is illegal to sell the Boxed Set in the >USA or any other foreign pressing, because the rights are owned by >EMI-America, CBS, etc. under specific agreement with EMI UK that gives >them exclusive rights to Kate Bush material during the years in question. >Similarly, you can't sell UK or Japanese "Dark Side of the Moon" CDs in >the USA, because Capitol owns exclusive rights. And the RIAA has prosecuted >people for doing so (so far only stores or companies that specialized in >parallel imports, though - but the law is not restricted to only parallel >pressings). Wasn't there a posting here a while ago to the effect that each store was _assigned_ a certain quantity of Boxed Sets, implying that the distribution may have been "official," i.e., sanctioned by EMI and CBS? I'm sure that folks at CBS are well aware of the Set's existence in the US, and if they wanted to clamp down on it they could. I'll make sure to ask my friendly CD-store person about this, he's a Kate fan and bought his set the day it arrived at the store. Looking forward to Kate's live rendition of "Waking The Witch"... %) --- Larry Spence larry@csccat.cs.com ...{uunet,texsun,cs.utexas.edu,decwrl}!csccat!larry