RE: [ONE] Best Of Limited Edition to be Re-Released in US

Matt McGee ([email protected])
Thu, 5 Nov 1998 18:14:29 -0800

Joel wrote:
>I believe that what Island/Polygram is doing is ILLEGAL, or at least
>unethical. Even if they still maintain that US copies will be 'capped' to
>maintain the 'limited' status, they are still libel for their official press
>releases stating record stores would have ONE opportunity to order the GH
>limited CD

Hi Joel (et al) --

I'm not defending Polygram, but I don't think there's anything illegal
here. Companies issue press releases all the time ... and plans change.
(As an amateur investor, I see tons of press releases from private
companies announcing that they plan to go public ... then another release
comes out 3 weeks later that says they changed their mind.) In Polygram's
case, I think there'd have to be some way to prove they *never* intended
it to be a limited release in the first place.

>Notice that the only place the limited CDs were not numbered, was the US
>(correct me if I'm wrong). This just happens to be the same place that they
>plan to allow re-orders?!

I thought Canada is the only place they ARE numbered. Hmmm.....

Matt

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