From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V3 #4 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Monday, January 5 1998 Volume 03 : Number 004 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [AVALON] The Roxy Bootleg Archive ["Decophile" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 5 Jan 1998 00:45:26 -0000 From: "Decophile" Subject: [AVALON] The Roxy Bootleg Archive Hello All, As many of you may or may not know, President Clinton signed into law an amendment to the No Electronic Theft (NET) Bill that closes the loop hole enjoyed by tape traders that allowed them to trade tape recorded concerts (lovingly referred to as boots or bootlegs) as there was no monetary profit involved. The term "profit" now includes the trading for other bootlegged shows. As a result, there is a lot of talk (though unconfirmed) on various music news groups such as alt.music.bootlegs that business involved in copyrighted or trademarked material like the RIAA have been cracking down and sending legal notices to people with web pages containing bootleg trading list and such and in some cases (again, this is unconfirmed) entrapping people by soliciting trades. In any case, for people living in the U.S., the penalty is brutal if busted. So, in order to protect "my" precious ass, the Roxy Music Bootleg Archive (along with my own bootleg trading list) will no longer be available via my home page. Anyone wanting to view my trading list (the url will soon changed) can e-mail me and those wanting to consult the Roxy Bootleg Archive should point their browsers to: http://pipeline.com/~decophile/roxy.html Anyone wanting more info about the law signed can check it out by going to: http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Set/7783/updates.html I guess that`s about it. Be careful. Cheers. Gene Keeper Of The Now Highly Felonious "Roxy Music Bootleg Archive" - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V3 #4 ************************** ======================================================================== Please send any questions or comments about the list to avalon-digest-owner@smoe.org