From The Rare Guy Sent Fri, May 22nd 1998, 02:42
From The Rare Guy Sent Fri, May 22nd 1998, 02:42
On Wednesday, 20-May-98, Kelsey Damas wrote [about (idm) why is the aphex mp3
page still up?]:
>A question that has been brought up with no answer whatsoever is, why is
>warp shutting down a small mp3 site with mostly obscure stuff, while the
>aphex site is running strong distributing every major aphex release in
>full?
huh? the Aphex MP3 site is no small site! :)
>warp is in the UK, and the aphex site is in a completely different country
>( *.sk = scandinavia?? ). It is pretty difficult to puruse legal action
.sk = slovakia.. .fi, .dk, .no and .se = scandinavia (finland, denmark,
norway and sweden respectively.)
either way it's the same.. but copyright laws are copyright laws, I don't
know that this should make it hard.. it's not like these are some sleazy
third world countries.. :)
>However, someone mentioned earlier that chch works at eurotel.sk, so I can
>imagine a conversation like this:
>Warp: Your site is bad. Shut it down or we will contact your ISP.
>chch: That's funny. I *am* my ISP. Go away.
well.. Chch isn't that arrogant.. and he merely works for the company, which
is not only an ISP, but a major Slovak telecom, which also has a mobile
network.
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