From: Patent Tactics, George Brock-Nannestad


Hello,

as one of the signatories of the "worried" Times letter, I am obviously 
following this closely.

The trust construction of the EMI Archive Trust ensures that it is a body 
independent from whatever the company has developed into. But this trust only 
has material up to 1946. All that has happened afterwards is still a company 
matter. 

So, a reassuring letter of the kind copied to us is beside the point
 -- they have no influence over the later history. Hence, the alarm is very 
real, unless society is satisfied that after World War II we could all 
breathe a sigh of relief and do not need to concern ourselves with history.

Kind regards,


George

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Milan P. Milanovic wrote:


> Regarding this subject, there is letter from Mike Aylward, forwarded to me
> by my friend Risto Pennanen:
> 
> "Dear Risto,
> 
> I think this is a false alarm.  There is a letter in today's Times from
> David Hughes, the chairman of the EMI Archive Trust, which assures us that
> the future of the Archive is safe regardless of any change in ownership of
> the company.  I was also told this last year, personally, by one of the
> trustees.
> 
> All the best,
> 
> Mike"
> 
> 
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Dick Spottswood 
>   To: [log in to unmask] 
>   Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 7:20 PM
>   Subject: [ARSCLIST] EMI demise
> 
> 
>   Sorry the last message slipped through.  It should've looked like this. 
> 
>   Dick 
> 
> 
>         
> 
> 
> 
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> 
> 
> 
>   John Cowley sent this earlier today.  Let's hope the EMI archive won't
> follow UK Decca into the trash can.