Re: The REAL reason why U2 won't release Sweetest Thing in the USA
JR
Julia Rotchniak
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Tue, 27 Oct 1998 22:52:33 -0500
id: 01be0226$64c816c0$0200000a@julia
>Singles also almost cost as much to produce as an album.
Production costs of a thin disk of plastic with special coating (no matter
how much
stuff you are putting on it) are the same 50 cents.
>There is no reason not to give Europe and
>the rest of the world the single which the American's don't deserve.
True :)
>Hell, let the Americans buy those imports and make the European
>countries richer with the tariff rates these Joes will have to pay for
>the imports.
Actually, import tariffs are imposed by the country IN which products are
imported,
in this case this would be USA. So, if there are any tariffs on CDs, nobody
in Europe
gets your money. American government does.
Best regards,
Jules