I see that SCMS is once again a hot topic. The V2 boycott is still in
motion. This is a strange company. They have remastered the digitally
blocked CD and are offering me an exchange, a good first step but I am not
here just for my own personal gain. I want all of us to be able to record
our CD's to MD in the future. I will not be bought. My other terms were they
either put on their website or in the MD list and newsgroup a statement that
they will adhere to the AHRA 0f 1992 which allows a first generation digital
copy and will replace all CD's bought by us that were not in accordance with
their own seemingly hidden policy. They have sent many of us a post stating
it was a mistake and they do adhere to this standard, they also offered a
free CD to many boycotters, the CD offered was the one in question
(Chocolate Genius - Black Music). Since they will respond personally and
state their policy is to allow a first generation digital copy on all their
CD's why won't they make it public? I sense a hidden agenda here. If I
forward their message it lacks credibility. If they post their policy it
comes straight from the horses mouth and they can be held somewhat
accountable in the future if they pull this crap again. In order for the
boycott to end V2 must prove responsible enough to make their so called
policy public and to offer a trade in on all digitally blocked CD's (they
did inform me they would trade in all digitally blocked CD's). Unless they
do this in days and they have been advised of my terms since the start (many
months ago) a webpage goes up. The address will be placed here and the page
will have a few surprises as to who you can write and a few other facts that
I do not want to disclose in case V2 is actively reading this list.
Bombshell effect and all that.
A web site is in the works and will be up soon unless V2 meets my reasonable
terms. I thought we were done months ago and indicated so but they just will
not tell the world, or at least us minidisc'ers their own internal policy in
a public forum. When they just whisper it to us few in private for some
reason it must be a secret. I think most of us can figure out why. Remember
this is the same company that first told us that home recording in any form
was illegal. They seem to like their digitally blocked CD's and don't want
to tell the world that their policy is to allow a first generation digital
copy. Can we actually find V2 sincere when they hide their policy behind
private e-mails on the internet? They stated to me privately that the V2
spokesperson who said all home recording was illegal was wrong and sorry for
the misinformation. Who is to say they will not say this about their
supposed policy to allow a first generation digital copy? Remember these
were both personal emails to me and a few others and they retracted the
first, I have great worries if they will not make their second policy public
(first generation recordable CD's) they will just retract it like they did
with their first. If they make it public it makes it much harder to retract
and maintain any sort of credibility, this is what I would expect is the
reason they will not make a public statement. If they do not intend to pull
this digital block again what do they have to hide? A post from V2 in this
list would only gain them more sales and with a post to the MD newsgroup
would end the boycott.
My questions....
1. If anyone received the free CD offer from V2 was it digitally blocked? If
so that does not seem like a good faith effort to show that they do not
engage in this type of behavior by sending out a CD with the very problem
many of us are protesting. I need to know this for the webpage. If you have
one that was part of the offer please try to digitally record it and let me
know if it is a 0 digital copy SCMS setting.
2. With all the boycott work I have not had much time to read the MD list.
What is all the talk about SCMS. Is there other CD's and or companies now
doing this?
Please send all e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] as I don't have time to read
this every day until the boycott ends.
Thanks, We are still getting somewhere but V2 seems to have a hidden agenda
and it is not to hard to figure out the reasons behind it.
Soy " Mark" Bomb
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