Published
Sun, Nov 5, 2006, 01:15
- Border Community banishes the faithful from the fold and pulls the plug on its popular message board. So what was their crime?
Border Community banishes the faithful from the fold and pulls the plug on its popular message board. So what was their crime?
Members of the Border Community message board, often labelled the "border commies", have been exiled by their King. James Holden founded the label in 2003 as a independent refuge for himself and like-minded artists, extending the community spirit through artwork competitions, label nights and even an official forum for fans to participate in the BC project. But not, it appears, when it involves giving away the crown jewels.
All that remains of the once thriving community is the following statement from the label:
"It has come to our attention that certain board members have been using this forum as a means to share upfront pre-release music from our label. This is obviously not the purpose for which this service was designed, and no record label can tolerate these sorts of practices going on right under our noses on our own messageboard.
As a label, we don't have the time to continuously monitor this situation and crackdown on the perpetrators. Therefore we have no choice but to terminate the messageboard service as of immediately.
We would like to offer our apologies to all the legitimate and sincere users of our messageboard, and thank you for your support. We hope you are able to understand why we have had to take this decision, and are sorry that the actions of a minority have spoiled things for everyone."
James Holden's hotly-anticipated debut album 'The Idiots are Winning' is up for release in three weeks. Okay, fess up. Which idiot posted it?