On 29 apr 2007, at 02.37, David Lennick wrote:

> They get royalties but aren't required to give clearance, as far as  
> I know (in Canada they may be but composers can't block reissues of  
> existing recordings in the US..don't know what the situation is in  
> Britain).

Presumably then these products can be imported / exported or are  
there some technical restrictions in place, as otherwise one could  
"venue swap" to find the best place to do such a thing. Maybe it is  
time to get that Russian company... :)

Darren