off: new Fish?

[QUEST]

On Sun, 27 Apr 1997, Jill Douglas wrote:

> > Is there a reason that Japan seems to be getting all of the new
> > releases early?

> Yes there is, Japan have a huge problem with bootlegers because they
> have no copyright laws surrounding imports, so artists have to release
> the albums there first to have any hope of sales.

Japan gets albums first also because albums domestically produced are more
expensive than imports (imagine that) in Japan.  [Recall that Tokyo is the
most expensive city in the world.]  So Japanese record producers have to
release stuff in advance just to stay in business.

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