So are you alleging that they have bootlegged Environ releases?
> -----Original Message----- > From: FRED giannelli [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 09 October 2003 17:59 > To: 313@hyperreal.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: (313) Paging Metroplex Records > > > Not to mention this little item from Environ.... > > Welcome to the third edition of the Environ Newsletter! > Feel free to forward this to friends/label/press. > > A Word on Bootlegs > > Apologies, but we'll start on a bad note so we don't have to > end on one. > We've noticed bootlegs of Environ material surfacing, often a > whole track of > ours with a simple a capella over it. DJ's used to call that > "mixing" before > cheap opportunists decided to sell it on wax. > > Let us be clear: bootlegging kills labels and artist careers. > If you buy > bootlegs of our music, or distribute it, or stock it in your > shop, you help > to kill us. Do not tell yourself otherwise. Our originals are > regularly > repressed (see below) and even if they were rare it still > would not justify > bootlegging (despite their rarity and the difficulty faced in > tracking down > the owners, we license and pay for every Unclassics reissue > we do!) If you > are bootlegging, we'll track you down and pursue legal > action. If you are a > shop or distributor peddling Environ boots and we find out, > we will cease to > do business with you. It is bad for everyone but the bootleggers. > > Without your support, we will disappear. We will lose the > opportunity to get > our hard work to your ears. If you care for Environ and its > artists, and > want to keep hearing us, please do not support bootlegs. > Thanks for reading. > >
