Hi man I was out of the mail list the last two weeks. I didn't have all messages. What can we do against BMG/Ariola? I find an adress with BMG contact persons on the german homepage:
http://www.bmgentertainment.de/company/kontakte/ Do we send like to Sony protest mails to the managers of BMG? How can we help you? Respect Underground Fighters --- Cornelius Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. > > ...since then, I recieved this (edited by me)... > > In the new german dance charts the Jaguar is on #4 > with the label BMG no > longer Sony ! BMG make a deal with the coverversion > producers after Sony has > cancelld the record. They will do more club and > radiopromotion and > advertising and give a videoclip to Viva Television. > Sony send out a > statement to the press and the promotion company > Public Propaganda DJs > before christmas telling the story. It is printed in > Raveline. contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ...I have no doubt that Dreyer was paid nicely for > the track. There's no > way BMG could get it without Sony's approval (good > Lord, what am I > saying?!?), uh, yeah, anyways, you can't tell me BMG > did this without Sony's > involvement. Other parts are making more sense to > me. The producers of > this track are from Cologne. Wouldn't you know, > Dreyer is a DJ(?!?!) at a > club there. (Too incredible to believe? Check out > http://www.f-t-w.com/dj2.htm for some confirmation) > > It just kills me because these majors are basically > uniting, saying, "we can > all gang up on you, so the hell what." I'm trying > to hook up with folks > beyond the techno community on this because, hell, I > figure, there's a lot > of us, too. Some folks thought I was being > reactionary, but look at what is > happening. I think if anyone thinks that this stops > with UR, you're > deluding yourself. It's kind of funny. The > underground, being what it is, > can be eliminated and who is going to notice? > Independent labels will > suffer and may die out, fans will sit at home bored, > but the machine will > roll on and...I like to think that...I'm a little > too stressed and pissed > to continue. You all know where I was going with > this. > > Not having much peace, > Cornelius > > > >From: _tan_ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: 313@hyperreal.org > >Subject: (313) UR vs. BMG/Ariola??? > >Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 00:18:55 +1030 > > > >again? > > > >after giving mr dreyer another serve he wrote back > this email... > > > >tan... > > > > > >>Thanks for your email. Please be advised that > reacting to statements like > >>yours > >>we have cancelled the release of the coverversion. > Meanwhile the producers > >>of > >>the remake have signed a deal with BMG / Ariola. > They will release it on > >>CD maxi > >>and compilations early february. We have no > further control of what is > >>happening > >>to the track. > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at > http://www.hotmail.com > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
