The Letter U and the Numeral 2
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EP by Negativland | ||||
Released | 1992 | |||
Genre | Experimental | |||
Length | 25:56 | |||
Label | SST | |||
Producer | Negativland | |||
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The Letter U and the Numeral 2 is a 96-page magazine and 25-minute CD by Negativland detailing their conflict with the band U2, over Negativland's EP of the same name. It was released in 1992 as a limited edition of 4000 copies. Two months after its release, SST Records blocked its distribution with a lawsuit claiming, among other things, copyright infringement based on reproductions of press releases sent to the press by SST; "in essence, suing the band for printing (their) threat to sue the band".[citation needed] SST's lawsuit is similar to the "Streisand effect".
Three years later, Negativland re-released this as Fair Use: The Story of the Letter U and the Numeral 2. It included "Crosley Bendix Discusses the U.S. Copyright Act" plus nine other tracks.
Track listing
- "Crosley Bendix Discusses the U.S. Copyright Act" - 25:56
Personnel
- Mark Hosler
- Richard Lyons
- David Wills
- Don Joyce
- Chris Grigg
See also
- v
- t
- e
- Don Joyce
- Jon "Wobbly" Leidecker
- Negativland
- Points
- A Big 10-8 Place
- Escape from Noise
- Helter Stupid
- Free
- Fair Use: The Story of the Letter U and the Numeral 2
- Dispepsi
- These Guys Are from England and Who Gives a Shit
- Deathsentences of the Polished and Structurally Weak
- No Business
- Thigmotactic
- It's All in Your Head
- True False
- The World Will Decide
- Negativconcertland
- Negativ(e)land: Live on Tour
- It's All in Your Head FM
- Our Favorite Things
- U2
- Guns
- The Letter U and the Numeral 2
- Truth in Advertising
- Happy Heroes
- The ABCs of Anarchism
- "Christianity Is Stupid"
- "Helter Stupid"
- Vol. 1
- Vol. 1½
- Vol. 2
- Vol. 3
- Vol. 4
- Vol. 5
- Vol. 6
- Vol. 7
- Vol. 8
- Vol. 9