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IN THIS ISSUE *** *** * *** * **3 -DIGIT 908 000817973 4401 9027 MAR92UHZ MONTY GREENLY 3 APT A Z 3740 ELM 90807 LONG BEACH Cfi FOLLOWS PAGE 44 THE INTERNATIONAL NEWSWEEKLY OF MUSIC AND HOME ENTERTAINMENT July 7, 1990/$5.95 (U.S.), $5.50 (CAN.), £3.50 (U.K.) Will Digital Era Jolt Status Quo Video Suppliers labels Demand Action Against Pirates For Broadcasters? PAGE 5 Target Kids For Losses From Illicit Product Seen Deepening Biz This story was prepared by Ken surmises that this has occurred be- people off the street, there's a likeli- Music Groups Fall Sell -Thru Terry, Ed Christman, and Bruce cause the sale of counterfeits is now hood they'll put them in prison," he Stand Up For Crew Haring. a felony in California, carrying a 5- says. BY PAUL SWEETING year jail term for offenders. This legal zealousness has made PAGE 6 and JIM McCULLAUGH NEW YORK -U.S. record labels, D'Onofrio notes there were 70 counterfeiters afraid that their dis- both large and small, are demand- counterfeiting prosecutions in Cali- tributors and vendors might turn Cassette Single NEW YORK -The lineup of ing more vigorous action against fornia last year, compared with 28 them in, so they have moved more sell- through video titles an- vendors and manufacturers of in the whole country the year be- heavily into the Northeast, where Theories Tested On nounced for the fourth quarter, counterfeit cassettes as their illegal fore, and he attributes stepped -up the sale of counterfeits merely en- which is dominated by children - activities cut ever more deeply into law enforcement to the severity of tails a misdemeanor charge. M.C. Hammer Release oriented product, provides a the legitimate business. the new statute. "[Prosecutors] In fact, D'Onofrio points out, the PAGE 82 strong opportunity for someone Nationwide, the Recording Indus- know that, instead of just taking (Continued on page 78) to capture the older video audi- try Assn. of America says, the prob- ence with a more adult -themed lem continues to cost the industry sell- through release, say indus- "hundreds of millions of dollars a try executives. year." While the RIAA has not dis- On Speech But the somewhat disap- cerned an appreciable surge in the Poe Goers Jump free- Stick pointing track record compiled level of counterfeiting, Steve D'On- BY BILL HOLLAND meeting, held here June 22 -23. RIAA gauntlet for the first time by R- rated, action /adventure ti- ofrio, senior VP /director of the and SEAN ROSS The free -speech issue came up in against the recent federal court tles such as "Lethal Weapon 2" RIAA's anti -piracy operations, such unlikely places as Howard ruling in Florida that declared a 2 and "Indiana Jones And The says, "It's more visible. It's moved TYSON'S CORNER, Va. -The re- Cosell's opening keynote speech Live Crew album obscene. -Last Crusade" is complicating from the flea markets into the cent local actions against 2 Live and the traditional "Radio /Record Berman confirmed reports that studio sell- through calcula- streets," mainly in the past year. Crew were clearly the prime topic Promotion Hot Box" panel. It was the RIAA would file an amicus cu- tions. Consequently, it is un- Moreover, he says, much of the at this year's Bobby Poe conven- also the springboard for Record riae brief in support of the mem- clear whether suppliers will counterfeit product has been shift- tion. But while top 40 program- Industry Assn. of America presi- bers of 2 Live Crew in their Florida commit themselves to a "Bat - ed from California, which used to mers agree on the need to do some- dent Jay Berman (see Commen- obscenity case (Billboard, June 30), (Continued on page 79) account for 40% of nationwide coun- thing about the censorship issue, tary, page 11), who, in a June 23 telling PDs, "I have no doubt in terfeit sales, to the Northeast. He no clear game plan emerged at the speech, publicly threw down the my mind that this issue will be overturned on appeal" and citing ADVERTISEMENTS the "serious political and artistic merit" of the 2 Live Crew's "As Labels Ask: Will (Continued on page 12) German Union Make No. 1 IN BILLBOARD Mark On Music Biz? 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DAB May Jolt Radio's Status Quo Broadcasters Irate Over Closed Meeting BY BILL HOLLAND have in mind -satellite and aero- developing and testing the new space companies in particular -is technology. c 0 NIENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. -Digital Au- the uplinking of DAB broadcasts While representatives of NAB dio Broadcasting, or DAB, is fast to space satellites and the subse- and National Public Radio have 7, 1990 VOLUME 102 NO. 27 JULY becoming the buzzword of commu- quent downlinking to any number been invited to the meetings, no nications entrepreneurs who think of communities. This would put networks, radio group owners, or RIAA ASSAILS CENSORSHIP they've found a new goldmine. broadcasters in the same position individual broadcast radio owners But many of these entrepreneurs in which the TV networks find were asked to participate. As one Jason S. Berman, president of the Recording Industry Assn. of America, are from outside themselves: Shackled by relatively source close to NAB put it, "they spoke out in defense of beleaguered rap group 2 Live Crew at the June the traditional unregulated cable and satellite just invited NAB to beat up on 23 Bobby Poe Convention in Washington, D.C.