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Post by Dave on Jan 19, 2009 0:21:37 GMT
When the net result say 2000 yen is sent to the UK, converted into sterling at last summer's rate of 215 the 2000 yen gives Decca UK £9.30. When converted at today's rate of 135, it gives them £14.81. So it's a nice little earner for them, I'd say. Ah yes that is true, but would it be sent back to the UK? Surely it would go into a UCJ Japan's bank account? If so, exchange rate which would be advantageous to them would not apply.Roger Hi Roger, But the main contract is between Hayley and Decca UK, so if they licence the relevant local Universal subsidiary to release Hayley albums in any other Country, licence fees/royalties, etc. must be payable by that subsidiary to Decca UK - or at least show up in their balance sheet eventually. Whenever that happens, the conversion from Yen to pounds sterling must be done to produce an accurate balance sheet for Decca UK - wherever the money is physically "stored". Even if Decca decide stupidly to "give the album away" to Universal Japan, Hayley is still entitled to her royalties... which will almost certainly end up in the UK and will then benefit from the stronger Yen. And at the end of the day, that's all we really care about i suspect - Hayley getting more royalties (to help pay off whatever balance is left on her contract! ). And even better, Hayley's personal share of Japan concert income will benefit too! Cheers, Dave
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Post by roger on Jan 19, 2009 0:29:50 GMT
Hi Dave, I didn't know about that bit so I would stand corrected but, if it's all the same to you, I'll sit down corrected! Roger
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Post by Dave on Jan 19, 2009 0:37:04 GMT
Hi Roger, I've been thinking about it for quite a while, as the pound has steadily sunk almost into oblivion! When the pound was strong, until last summer, the UK was obviously the place to be selling albums but now, it isn't. Japan is the place to be earning your money (well the Eurozone too) not only because the yen is stronger but they don't seem to do much discounting over there, compared to the UK and US. A double whammy!!! i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gifAnyway, you should be lying down (in bed!) by now... it's after midnight! Cheers, Dave
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Post by Colin on Jan 19, 2009 12:48:02 GMT
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Post by Dave on Jan 19, 2009 13:47:09 GMT
Hi Colin,
Japan and Europe are both region 2 so if it is region encoded (it may not be) the DVD should play OK on any European DVD player and TV, or computer, capable of handling the NTSC video standard.
Some older DVD players and TVs in Europe (including the UK) may not be able to handle NTSC but most modern ones can.
In North America, if it's region coded, you may need to find a region hack for your DVD player but it's the same video standard (NTSC).
Australia and NZ have all the potential problems - they will need a relatively modern DVD player and TV (well not ancient ones) to play NTSC, and if it's region coded they may need to find a region hack for their DVD player.
Cheers, Dave
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Post by Dean McCarten on Jan 19, 2009 14:22:17 GMT
I've just ordered my copy via EMS so should have it about 3 days after shipping
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Post by Colin on Jan 19, 2009 14:39:53 GMT
Hi Dave
Thanks for those details.
I guess it could be region 0 which would help most people.
Kind regards
Colin
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Post by grant on Jan 19, 2009 14:46:12 GMT
Hi Colin Thanks for the link. I've just pre-ordered my copy. CD Japan have only put this up this morning 'cos it wasn't there when I checked earlier, so you were right on the button! Best wishes Grant
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Post by Colin on Jan 19, 2009 14:52:07 GMT
Hi Grant Yes, I looked this morning as well - but then it was there lunchtime I wonder how much trade CDJapan do through HWI? I'm sure there will be just as many copies of this one sold as the first one. Like Dean, I've used EMS so hopefully now mid-March is another date to look forward to Kind regards Colin
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Post by speedforce on Jan 19, 2009 15:36:36 GMT
I had *just* found out about this as I was looking for Rimi Natsukawa's version of Hana (looking for all originals of the songs Hayley sung in the 1st CD) so I'm very excited to hear about a second one, and it's so soon too! Hayley really opened up my eyes with some of these wonderful tracks. I pretty much love every song except Amazing Grace (heard it so many times I want to shoot myself) and Tsubasa wo Kudasai (so repetitive I want to shoot myself lol) but other than that, the track selection was wonderful. I wish Hayley did a version of "Eyes on Me" but that's probably not gonna happen
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Post by gra7890 on Jan 19, 2009 19:15:53 GMT
Hi Colin and Dave, yes it looks like it will be a costly venture Best Wishes, Graham
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Post by Ross on Jan 19, 2009 20:29:12 GMT
i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gifI have just ordered the CD thru CD Japan. It is going to cost me a lot of money due to the strong yen vs weak NZ Dollar. But if the second CD is as good as the first one it will be well worth it.
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Post by Libby on Jan 20, 2009 0:53:35 GMT
I will most likely buy this album eventually, but I would like to hear clips from it first. There were only a few songs that made a very big impression on me in the clips for the first one.
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Post by jeroen on Jan 20, 2009 8:54:48 GMT
Hi Colin,
On the cdjapan site it says: "Unless otherwise indicated, DVDs are region-2 encoded (Japan, Europe, and Middle East), and carry no subtitles".
So it looks like the DVD is in fact region encoded, but we won't have any trouble playing it here in Europe.
Regards,
Jeroen
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Post by postscript on Jan 20, 2009 15:31:08 GMT
I've just ordered my copy via EMS so should have it about 3 days after shipping Well, if you've already ordered it, you have ordered it. I am going to post (TO STAY ON TOPIC) my recent experience with CDJapan. Peter S.
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