[78-L] Fwd: Orthophonic label

[S&R Pinsker]

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> From: S&R Pinsker <spinsker at erols.com>
> Date: October 6, 2008 5:12:13 PM EDT
> To: 78l at 78online.com
> Subject: Re: Orthophonic label
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>> Date: Sun, 05 Oct 2008 21:53:46 -0400
>> From: Michael Biel <mbiel at mbiel.com>
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Orthophonic RecordLabel
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>>> On 10/5/08, S&R Pinsker <spinsker at erols.com> wrote:
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>>>> I have some HMV LP's That have an
>>>> "Odeon" half label pasted over Little Nipper
>>>> and if I started to excavate could probably
>>>> find some other types of camouflage.
>>>>
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>> The Odeon stickers were a product of the Capitol of the World import
>> series done for the U.S. around 1963.  I have the catalog.  They  
>> used a
>> golden foil with red printing sticker over the trademarks on the
>> jackets, and these were nearly impossible to remove cleanly.
>>
>>>> There was a time when the Customs Service
>>>> enforced trademark protection. Anyone
>>>> remember how many (rather, how few)
>>>> discs with Little Nipper a returning traveller
>>>> was allowed to bring into the country?
>>>> rdp
>>>>
>> Are you talking about the U.S. Customs Service?  I don't think they  
>> ever
>> were concerned with what an individual traveller would bring in,  
>> only a
>> commercial firm.
> Yes.
> Enforcement  may have been at the request
> of the trademark holder. What I remember is
> an article in one of the photo mags about
> Leica allowing exactly two trademarked items to be brought back into  
> the U.S. That
> meant one camera body and one lens, not
> even a lens cap with the trademark. The
> suggestion was to put black tape  over the
> trademarks.
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