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Re: [News] [SOT] Music Industry Goes Insane Illegaling Promos. Seeking Internet Tax

On Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:50:39 -0700, The Ghost In The Machine wrote:

>> UMG Says Throwing Away Promo CDs is Illegal
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | In a brief filed in federal court yesterday, Universal Music Group
>> (UMG) | states that, when it comes to the millions of promotional CDs
>> ("promo CDs") | that it has sent out to music reviewers, radio
>> stations, DJs, and other music | industry insiders, throwing them away
>> is "an unauthorized distribution" that | violates copyright law. Yes,
>> you read that right -- if you've ever received a | promo CD from UMG,
>> and you don't still have it, UMG thinks you're a pirate. `----
>>
>> http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/04/umg-says-throwing-away-promo-cds-
illegal
> 
> Errrraaaaahhhuuuuummmm....so...how are we supposed to dispose of those
> things?

put them into a CD shredder and send it back to UMG Postage Due.

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