[mb-style] RFC: Wording change on BonusDisc (was: [mb-users], Bonus discs: "Official" or "Promotion"?)

[Lauri Watts]

On 7/3/08, Chris B <chris at whenironsattack.com> wrote:

>  a promo is a something distributed (for free) to promote a certain
>  release/label/artist(s). if it's repacked into a retail release by a
>  store (they often do this - especially indepenedent mail order shops)
>  then it's not a bonus disc of that release, because the disc wasn't
>  released (by the label) in that context. if it somehow was, then it
>  wouldn't be a promo, IMO.

I disagree that promo releases are always distributed freely.

Club and DJ samplers are primarily subscription only, but you have to
prove to the service that you are in fact a DJ or employ DJ's to even
get your hands on them.  They are inarguably promo releases though
(one of the biggest of these services is in fact 'Promo Only', but
there's several others.)

Magazine inserts, Newspaper giveaways, and the freebies that small
labels/bands often throw in for their fan club members or preorder
customers are all nominally for sale, but they often say 'for
promotional purposes only' and 'not for resale' on the cover; in fact,
that's my personal guideline if it's otherwise unclear.  I disregard
the mode of distribution if the cover clearly says it's a promotional
release, then it is one.

-- 
Lauri Watts