[microsound] Fwd: Possibly illegal mp3 sales site

[andrew jones <liminal18@xxxxxxx>]

Just so you know, someone tried
downloading the unlicensed tracks and they don't
let you.

Peace,
A

Begin forwarded message:

> From: "Robokoneko =^.^=" <robokoneko@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: October 7, 2004 11:54:27 PM EDT
> To: andrew jones <liminal18@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ray Rodriguex <ray@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Possibly illegal mp3 sales site
>
>
> Hey Andrew and Ray,
>
> Here is an excerpt from an email I just sent to pietro regarding the 
> site:
>
> ".....I have just registered a user account with jetgroove and I added 
> all the couchblip stuff to my shopping cart and they are all listed as 
> not yet available
> so it looks like they are legit so far as they are not making our 
> music available until we sign their contract. Anyway I should be 
> notified by an automated email if they ever are made available on that 
> site "
>
> I just did the same for a random merck and hefty release and they were 
> also listed as not yet available so you can't buy them from the site.
>
> I have the original email jetgroove sent to us a while ago, I will 
> forward it to you both, we just didn't sign up for digital 
> distribution with them and yet they have gone to all this efoort to 
> list us on the site. It has a legitimate contact email.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Melinda@couchblip!
>
>
>
>
>
>
> andrew jones wrote:
>
>> Hey Folks,
>>
>> We just discovered this site today
>> http://jetgroove.com/
>>
>> It contains music from Merck which
>> we did not license them to sell nor
>> are we receiving any payment from
>> them for sales. We're wondering if any
>> other labels they carry (they go heavy
>> on electronic music) are also being sold
>> by them w/o any notification or payment.
>> It includes music from Warp, Botanica Del Jibaro,
>> Mille Plateux, Hefty, and other others.
>>
>> Any information on if this service has contacted
>> people about licensing their music for sale
>> would be appreciated. The contacts provided
>> on the site do not work.
>>
>> Also we have no problem w/ people sharing
>> our music, but we do have a problem with people
>> profiting from our music w/o compensating
>> the label or the artists.
>>
>> Kind Regards,
>> Andrew Jones
>> press@xxxxxxxxx
>> 407-927-7607
>>
>>
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Andrew Jones
912 Euclid Ave.
Birmingham, AL, 35213
407-927-7607
aim: liminal18