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From: datta@VACS.UWP.WISC.EDU (David Datta)
Newsgroups: rec.music.gaffa
Subject: Testing the Waters
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Date: 2 Nov 89 04:16:15 GMT
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I am planning [in association with a few other people] to start a
lobbying effort to change the existing US Import laws. Essentially, the
law states that if a record label has rights to an artist in the United
States, then no-one can import any album by that artist for re-sale.

What we will be proposing is to allow imports of albums that are not
released, or to add some sort of a surcharge on the import that will be
paid to the record label when the album is imported. The latter method
is similar to the current laws in other non-US democratic countries.

The process of changing the law will take a long time. Before we start,
we would like to have some idea of what [if any] support we might have
from the public.

I would appreciate response from anyone who would like to comment on
changing the current United States import laws [as they refer to
music]. Please reply to this message, make any comments you would like,
in support or otherwise. As I have stated above, we are trying to test
the waters.

Thank you for a response.

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-Dave datta@vacs.uwp.wisc.edu