[mb-users] Not an Amazon [IMPORT] means United States release?

[Grant]

>> > If my CD seems to match an Amazon CD (artist, release title, label)
>> > and Amazon doesn't list it as an import, should I enter the country as
>> > United States?  Also, I noticed there's an Unknown Country option so I
>> > guess the country actually is optional?
>> >
>> > - Grant
>>
>> http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/AmazonRelationshipType
>>
>> Don't use Import ASINs if you can help it.  Try to find the same ASIN
>> on another Amazon domain by switching the .com to .co.uk or .de
>> or .co.jp.  And no, do not set the release country to USA or use the
>> release date from an Import.
>
> Aaron, I guess you didn't read Grant's question carefully enough! I
> understood Grant's question as "If it does not say Import, is it US?" My
> answer: AFAIK Amazon.com never writes 'US release", so you'll have to do as
> if no "Import" meant "US". But it does not mean the first release was US,
> only that you found a US release.
>
> The country is optional if you have a CD in your hands but don't know where
> it comes from (you could have bought it second hand, or stolen it), all the
> info you can enter in MB is the label/catalog/barcode/format (which is
> valid). I can't see why you would enter the date without the country, but
> maybe someone has an idea.
>
> --
> Frederic Da Vitoria

Thanks Frederic, if I see my CD with the correct record label on
Amazon I'll enter it as United States then.

- Grant