although we will continue to turn a blind eye to all the tapes tha circulate the globe (of tigermilk , rarities and live tapes), when it comes to any of them turning into a digital format we will always take the same stance. we will not grant permission for ANY of the sound of any of the bands on jeepster to be distributed and published in any digital format. we will also pursue this further and any that we do discover we will take action against. in the case of radio sessions we will leave it to the BBC, for the rest it would be passed onto Sony Publishing (where publishing is being breached) or instruct our lawyers to pursue legal action. in the case of mp3's, wav or real audio files being stored for download or distributed on the net. we will not hesitate to take action against the person responsible and any parties that aid the person reponsible. this means that if you put illegal mp3's on your site not only will we pursue you, we will also pursue the company that hosts your site - in most cases this will simply result in ISP's closing whatever accounts you have with them as per your license agreement that you signed when you subscribed to their service. i know the wording of this may appear harsh, but the band have always expressed their desire to prevent any of their music to be taken out of context. as a label we also wish to retain all (p) and (c) notifications and prevent the sound from being used without our knowledge. as distributing music files breaches both of these intentions we feel we have to take a stand. this message will hopefulyl reside in the archives and appear if anyone searches for this topic again, to aid this, excuse the keywords at the bottom which should mean that it turns up in more searches. thank you for your patience, and sorry joe if this seems harsh, the record occasionally needs to be set straight, and this is one for the archives :) -- Joe Frese wrote:

i apologize in advance if the subject is taboo for some reason, but how does the band/record company feel about the distribution of rare/unreleased/live belle and sebastian songs in mp3 format? i'd really like to share some of the stuff i've got (not that i've got a whole lot) with those fans on this list less fortunate than i, and the easiest and fastest way to do it would probably be to either email them mp3's or post the mp3's on the web somewhere . . . but of course i won't do it if it's against the band's wishes . . .

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