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Re: Talmy Tapes On E-Bay



It does seem like he's advertising to the world the fact that he's got the 
tapes.  Otherwise there'd be no reason to announce the sale so publicly on 
eBay.  BTW, where's that private collector who bought the Texas film?  Same 
deal.  Maybe s/he would be interested.

keets


>I don't know what to think about Shel Talmy selling the MY GENERATION
>master tapes on e-bay.  I guess I should care, but I don't really.  I mean, 
>it is odd that he's using e-bay to do it; theoretically, you or I, if rich 
>enough, could buy them !  Now isn't that strange?
>
>Then there's the whole "but what can you do with 'em after you buy 'em" 
>arguement, too.  And if The WHO wouldn't buy them from Talmy for the price 
>*he* was asking, what would make one think that, after he or she bought the 
>tapes, they would be in some kind of bargaining position withn The WHO 
>camp?  Maybe this is why I had no desire to be a Business major.
>
>Sure, I'd love to hear a "remastered/upgraded" re-release of MY GENERATION, 
>but I'm not dying for it.  The only thing that jumps out at me in this 
>whole deal is the notion that Shel Talmy must be a real asswipe.  I mean, 
>to have made so much money off The WHO because of a legal matter (!), & now 
>at this stage of his life to be playing some kind of hardball is 
>ridiculous.  The guy really must be a nasty son-of-a-bitch.  And I can say 
>that comfortably, without ever having
>met him.

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