more dodgy CD's?

[Paul Mather]

On Thu, 2005-04-21 at 17:57 +0100, Carl Edlund Anderson wrote:

> Personally, if it were my band, I would say: "Hell, why pay money for
> stuff that is not only illegit but doesn't even support the band, past
> or present.  Given the legal complications the gods alone know whether
> this will get sorted properly, so why not just burn free copies for your
> friends."  That's what I would say, if it were my band.  Which it isn't :)

>   IMO, the best that one could do in the meantime is undercut the
> bootleggers with free stuff. IMO.

That's what neo-quark were doing and the band's response was an
enigmatic "stop doing that."  So I guess we know what Hawkwind's
position is on this.

Cheers,

Paul.
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