Well well well, lookie lookie. ;) Cheers, Peo -----Original Message----- From: enquiries@emirecordedmusic.co.uk [mailto:enquiries@emirecordedmusic.co.uk] Sent: den 22 juli 2003 17:56 To: Subject: Fw: Help needed -- questionable legality of a CD Dear Per-Olof Karlsson Thank you for your email. To the best of our knowledge the CD you refer to is not a legal release. Best wishes. ----- Original Message ----- From: To: enquiries@emirecordedmusic.co.uk Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 8:47 PM Subject: Help needed -- questionable legality of a CD Dear Sir/Madame, perhaps you can help me finding out the truth about a CD release that's been puzzling me and a couple of friends for quite some time.. I'm talking about a release with Kraftwerk called "Concert Classics", which was released under an American (?) label called Ranch Life, apparently a division of RME Inc. in Franklin, TN, USA. The catalogue number is CRANCH4. The CD states that it's made in England. The insert furthermore states: C 1975, 1998 Kraftwerk and EMI Music Distribution, licensed by Listen Up, Inc., Professional Division. All rights reserved. The question, then, is of course: is this a legal CD, which have been officially licensed by EMI to this company as stated? I somehow strongly doubt that. First of all, there is no mention of Kling Klang, which is Kraftwerk's company as far as I know. Secondly, EMI owns no rights to Kraftwerk material pre-1975 if I'm not mistaken (the Radio-Activity album was the first released on Capitol, back in 1975), and this live CD contains only pre-1975 materials. These two facts alone should prove it a bootleg in my book, but I'd like to be sure. Since this CD is and has been on sale basically everywhere for the past five years it's quite hard to claim it's a bootleg, but at the same time I've never seen or heard any official statements from anybody claiming it IS an official release. Would you be able to confirm or deny its legality? My sincere regards, Per-Olof Karlsson SWEDEN ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- This e-mail including any attachments is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you have received it in error please advise the sender immediately by return email and then delete it from your system. The unauthorised use, distribution, copying or alteration of this email is strictly forbidden. If you need assistance please contact us on +44 20 7795 7000. This email is from a unit or subsidiary of EMI Group plc. Registered Office: 27 Wrights Lane, London W8 5SW Registered in England No 229231.