I saw this posted on Usenet regarding the Jaguar rip-off situation... don't know if anyone has posted this here already?
http://mycal.net/ifj/ur/ Matt E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://magicmattkelly.tripod.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cornelius Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Monday, January 10, 2000 8:56 PM Subject: Re: (313) UR vs. BMG/Ariola > Yes, it's true. My original statement was... > > Folks, things are not what they seem. Then again, they are. Dirk commented > about other folks coming to "milk the cashcow" or some other crap like that. > He wasn't joking. He was telling us about how he would set us up. This > is all rumor, so I'll need a minute to get this all straight, but the word > is that the two individuals responsible for the "creation" of this rip off > track are now moving from Sony to BMG. I don't think I have to tell you the > odds for BMG putting this track on the guys' debut release as a "legitimate > cover". His response was meant to give the impression they were backing > down so that folks would ease up on them. Media would say, "hey, it's over, > no need to write about this," angry fans would rejoice and stop bothering > them, and so on. Many of you went for it. Many did not. Bottom line is, > this is not over. I'm preparing a more direct statement to Dreyer and > others, but Sony has made their intentions clear by being absolutely silent. > Even "allies" at Sony Japan are now refusing to communicate with us. > Whatever hope of any positive outcome with Sony has been destroyed. They're > fucking laughing at us. I don't think it's very funny.
