It all depends on the licensing/copyright associated with said tracks (and sometimes the country, e.g., Russia ignores worldwide copyright laws, which is why you see all of those dirt-cheap mp3 CDs and downloads from there) when one is considering illegality - but it certainly is a violation of eBay listing policies. EBay, however, are a crock of fools when it comes to their own rules, which are constantly violated under their own noses while they go after people who are legitimately selling legitimate label-released cd-rs. Anyone with enough patience to negotiate eBay's contact/complaint webforms can report someone selling a bogus homebaked freebie. Anyone who has naively used EBay's 'support', thinking that they really care about anything other than their own pockets will find out just how incompetent those jerks are. It really has to be experienced to be believed. 1. It will take much longer than they claim to acknowledge your complaint. 2. They will misread what you're telling them 3-4 times after you spell it out repeatedly. 3. You'll get replies in another language (common). 4. 95% of the time, they'll not lift a finger either to fix a problem they've caused or stop someone from raping others unless they stand to gain from it or are pressured by someone with power. jeff
Isn't it a little bit illegal to burn a CD and put it up for sale? A CD, which consist of FREE tracks, which can be downloaded from anywhere? Isn't this a little bit false marketing, or what?
15 pounds for a CD-R...I still can't believe it.
Believe it - especially with the preponderance of limited editions (50-100) released by the more underground, cutting edge labels (all of which seem to have escaped this list) these days. I've seen cdr editions (label releases, mind you) go for 100 gbp - and as more and more labels either bite the dust (2006 saw many of them fold up shop), go completely digital/download for release or switch off to cdr release only, you're going to see more and more of it. Again, it depends on where you look...granted, this is the KLF list, but the general tenor of this list is quite trapped in the early 90s. Most of what gets mentioned here is either ancient (and justified :-) or quite commercial as either dance music OR electronic music goes. Of course, I know *this* post was referring to a home-burn and not to label releases, but there you have it.