when I was a kid I used to see that all the time on records and thought that when someone from a radio station went to a second hand shop to sell them and pocket a few bucks that the clerk was supposed to be not only an upstanding citizen, but a champion for artists rights and refuse to buy them because they were promos but then I became older and jaded and realized that it probably had something to do with tax deductions for promotional expenses.
life just isnt the same once the magic and innocence are gone... =) > From: "Thomas D. Cox, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 12:30:43 -0500 > To: <313@hyperreal.org> > Subject: Re: (313) Q for US heads, might be OT > > ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> this might be off topic, so my apologies. >> >> I was just wondering, say you press a record in the US and > put "Promo Use >> Only, Not for Resale, Radio Use Only etc" does that make you > exempt from >> licensing laws or something? >> >> Or is it that if you get caught you can say "well, we weren't > trying to >> sell it" >> >> The reason I ask is because you see it on most US bootlegs. >> You also see it on a compilation from a well known NYC house > label thats >> been out recently, that I'm almost 99% sure is a bootleg. >> which is extremely cheeky I reckon, considering who the artists > are... > > you mean that ibadan joint? i think ALL their records that sample > stuff or whatever say that. im not sure if that means its a > bootleg or what. people in the UK do that as well though, i can > remember some 97 era congo natty releases that had a non white > label and said "promo use only" on them. i think that means that > you can have the promos out before actually clearing the samples > or whatever. > > tom > > ________________________________________________________________ > andythepooh.com > > > >
