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This reads like the biggest self-serving/hype my new release "op ed" i've ever read. Sweet traffic generator bro! I don't see a single mention of Hot Topic in any of these back and forth posts.  They are the #1 perpetrators in all of this and nobody bats an eyelash. But homeboy sells a lot of records through Hot Topic, so let's not talk about them!  

::newsflash:: almost all re-releases put out by major labels aren't backed by the artist. film at 11

I don't see why everyone is having a fit and falling it in over this release. You honestly think the re-releases from hot-topic are all "artist approved"? There are army's of lawyers that look over this stuff, it wouldn't be put out if it wasn't legal.
 
The label owns the masters, probably spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on the band. The band broke up, barely toured and probably are in the hole to the label for a ton. if the re-release is done right, sounds great and is done well, what's the problem?  There has been an insane demand for all of their releases on vinyl for years, it's their own fault for not capitalizing on it themselves.
 
Also, there is no way you can "flatten" a record and have it be fine, it screws it up permanently.

I don't see why everyone is having a fit and falling it in over this release. You honestly think the re-releases from hot-topic are all "artist approved"? There are army's of lawyers that look over this stuff, it wouldn't be put out if it wasn't legal.
 
The label owns the masters, probably spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on the band. The band broke up, barely toured and probably are in the hole to the label for a ton. if the re-release is done right, sounds great and is done well, what's the problem?  There has been an insane demand for all of their releases on vinyl for years, it's their own fault for not capitalizing on it themselves.
 
Also, there is no way you can "flatten" a record and have it be fine, it screws it up permanently.