Hello all.... I'm with the good guys on this one....it's a disgrace. It's a lot of money for something that shouldn't be in existance anyway! Bah!! Off with their heads. Sally ----- Original Message ----- From: Jenny Payne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 4:36 AM Subject: Re: [total-madness] New double cd of Madness rarities On Sun, 7 Jan 2001, JIM NEILL wrote: > > I received an e-mail advertising a new double cd featuring rare studio > cuts, demos etc. It's called 'The Lost'. They're taking orders for it but > won't go ahead with it until they've got 40 orders. It's selling for £38.00 > in the UK postage paid. Well I certainly hope that this site DOES NOT get their 40 orders for "The Lost"... for reasons listed below.... There are two Madness bootleg CDs on this person's site. "First Step Beyond" at £15 (approx. $22.50 US) and "The Lost" at an overwhelming £38 ($56.80 US). Absolutely none of this money goes towards the band, its management or its label. Zero percent. > > What do the list members think? Should we be encouraged to give this > a bye ball? Are we betraying the lads by buying this? Or should we > grab it with both hands? I'll take this opportunity to explain why I feel the way I do about bootlegs, especially Madness ones. The band has seven members - so obviously the profits from the sale of each legitimate recording are split seven ways. "Well, that still has to be a lot," you might think, "Surely the band must get 50% or so of the profits from each legit sale... and even split seven ways, that is fair, right?" Wrong. You'll be astounded to learn that Madness only gets 3% of the profits from the sales of their recordings. THREE PERCENT!!!... and then that measly sum is split SEVEN WAYS! That equals less than 1/2 of one percent. But with recordings like this, this "Nijinski" fellow is seeing 100% percent of the profits for things he did not write or produce himself. You judge the situation for yourself... but I think that it's a complete outrage. Madness' label is also missing out on their 2% here. Copyright laws are being broken. This person is probably charging so much for the second CDs in case he gets hit with a lawsuit!!! haha Supporting this site with your sales is supporting the exploitation of Madness if you ask me. Make up your own minds.... Jenny - ______________________________________________________________ Visit the Total Madness Mailing List website for: latest news, madmeet info, list charter, games, and more ... http://members.xoom.com/totalmadmail/ Contact the TMML Moderators at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and in the message body put: unsubscribe total-madness - ______________________________________________________________ Visit the Total Madness Mailing List website for: latest news, madmeet info, list charter, games, and more ... http://members.xoom.com/totalmadmail/ Contact the TMML Moderators at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and in the message body put: unsubscribe total-madness
