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Originally Posted by joethelion
no one complained when I posted those Simply Red mixes...
or when "Water from a Vine Leaf (Underworld mix 1)" was posted either...
those are two examples of rare stuff that you can only buy second hand, and are long out of print, and are rare
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Originally Posted by IsiliRunite
Something can't hurt sales if it's not being sold.  |
well, despite being mixes that are unavailable on CD or only on promo and not releases by Underworld, but remixes by Underworld, the rules were still being bent. This is an official Underworld single released on CD and despite being out of print, still shows up on ebay and other online stores and auction sites (which is besides the point anyway). This is an official Underworld site but some of you don't think its disrespectful to be providing links to this stuff, ON THIS site? If you
really want this stuff you will find it, somehow. But telling people specifically where they can find it or providing URLs for direct download is not acceptable.
As for being out of print being the benchmark for suddenly providing mp3 links to files, how much of the Underworld back catalogue do you think is still available to order from the record companies? If they aren't pressing new copies of Dinosaur Adventure 3D anymore (and I wonder if they are), would it be ok to give everyone all the mixes for free? Just because its still easily available doesn't mean its not out of print, is the point I'm making here.
You can discuss the subject of this all you like though. I'm not telling you how to think, or what to write. As Yannick says, "this doesn't mean all discussions should be banned from dirty."
Sorry for being the bastard moderator from hell but these rules have existed (I guess mostly through common sense) since before I was even a member, never mind a moderator.