HW: Promo Single (on E-Bay)

[Tim]

And yet you bought it anyway...as have I in like circumstances...
tim  8>)...
 In my experience, promo copies remain the
 > property of the record company---in effect, they are on "indefinite
 > loan" and explicitly must not be sold.  (E.g., I have a promo copy of
 > Sundial's _Acid Yantra_ I bought from a local record shop's used bins
 > that has printed both on the CD and booklet, "For promotional use only.
 > Sale or other transfer is prohibited.  Must be returned on demand of
 > recording company."  Another promo CD I have is marked simply, "For
 > promotional use only.  Not for sale.")
 >
 > This reminds me of a recollection on another music list I'm on.  At one
 > time, Phil Walden, Jr., of Capricorn Records, was a subscriber and
 > occasional poster.  When a flap happened about some people selling promo
 > and pre-release copies on eBay, he mentioned an occasional lunchtime
 > diversion in which he sometimes indulged.  He said he would bid high on
 > Capricorn Records promos on eBay and then, when the auction ended, wait
 > to see if anyone would dare claim payment when he revealed who he was
 > (and that he in fact owned the item they were selling).  IIRC, nobody
 > ever did. :-)
 >
 > Cheers,
 >
 > Paul.
 > --
 > e-mail: paul at gromit.dlib.vt.edu
 >
 > "Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production
 > deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid."
 > --- Frank Vincent Zappa