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Originally Posted by Stephen
Bloody hell. This is stupid. Maybe in a purely bureaucratic sense you are right, but if you're saying that UW are losing out if you download a rare remix because you might be able to hunt out a 2nd hand copy of Mmm Skyscraper on eBay or somewhere else, then you are, I'm afraid, talking bollocks. Personally I frown upon the unscrupulous way in which many people use p2p (i.e. instead of buying any music at all), but if we're going to get twitchy because someone suggests downloading a rare remix from a long-deleted single release, then we truly are ani (ani being the plural of anus). Is there a serious suggestion that downloading the track in question would deprive UW/JBO of any financial income?
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the principle is that we do not discuss the trading of commercially released material. period. long deleted, rare, whatever. otherwise, where do you draw the line? you have to define which records are rare, and which records are ok to copy and which ones not. im not singling out this or any particular record. its just easier this way.
if you really wish to trade mp3s of Underworld stuff, then I cant stop you. there are other means of contacting each other.
as for the record itself, its becoming quite rare, yes, and its long deleted. i myself dont have a copy either but the official underworld forums cannot be a trading place for Underworld recordings. Who knows what will happen in the future? They could be re-released or on new compilations or a box set and trading here commercially released material here may impact future sales.