I believe a Chinese company owns the rights to HMV. Oliver Berliner would not say exactly who it was.
> From: wilenzick at bellsouth.net> To: phono-l at oldcrank.org> Date: Wed, 24 > Sep 2008 22:28:48 -0400> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Borri Cylinders...> > I > really doubt that anyone could currently buy the name and rights of the > > Edison Phonograph Works, just as I doubt that anybody in India bought the > > name and rights to the HMV company to make crapophones. Am I right or not?> > > Ray> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <C5fan at aol.com>> To: <phono-l > at oldcrank.org>> Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 9:55 PM> Subject: Re: > [Phono-L] Borri Cylinders...> > > >I believe he bought the name and the > rights years ago just like the > >company> > in India that bought the name > and rights to the HMV's that we call> > crapophones. That is why he has made > this claim and I guess it does make > > him the> > successor. .> >> >> > In a > message dated 9/24/2008 9:10:05 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,> > john9ten at > pacbell.net writes:> >> > Sounds like a shady guy. The one thing I never > liked about his business > > is> > that he claimed to be successor to the > original Edison Phonograph > > Works...to> > me that is just plain > dishonest.> >> > --- On Wed, 9/24/08, John Pisano <jpisano at cox.net> > wrote:> >> > From: John Pisano <jpisano at cox.net>> > Subject: [Phono-L] > Borri Cylinders...> > To: phono-l at oldcrank.org> > Date: Wednesday, > September 24, 2008, 2:49 PM> >> > I met Shawn Borri at the MME show in New > Jersey a few years back. I > > traded> > him and his partner a shaving > machine in exchange for eight cylinders. I> > received two cylinders at the > show and he was going to make the rest when > > he> > got home. I gave him > the shaver at the show. This was several years > > ago.> > I never did > receive the cylinders. I have e-mailed him several times > > since> > and he > has e-mailed me back stating he would send the cylinders as > > recently> > > as a year ago. I have never received them and have since given up.> > > Obviously I would not do business with him again.> >> > > _______________________________________________> > Phono-L mailing list> > > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org> > > _______________________________________________> > Phono-L mailing list> > > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org> >> >> >> >> >> > **************Looking for > simple solutions to your real-life financial> > challenges? Check out > WalletPop for the latest news and information, tips > > and> > calculators. > (http://www.walletpop.com/?NCID=emlcntuswall00000001)> > > _______________________________________________> > Phono-L mailing list> > > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org> > > > > > _______________________________________________> Phono-L mailing list> > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
