It's always a good idea to keep control over the rights to a song you wrote. A famous case is Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You." Elvis Presley wanted to record the song in 1974, but Colonel Tom Parker demanded that Elvis get half the publishing rights, and Dolly said no. Eighteen years later, Whitney Houston sang the song and made Dolly "enough money to buy Graceland." But it doesn't always turn out so well.
The song "Without You" went to number #1 when Harry Nilsson released it from his album Nilsson Schmilsson in 1971. Mariah Carey's version in 1994 became a global hit. What you might not know is that the song was written by Pete Ham and Tom Evans for their band Badfinger. They recorded for the 1970 album No Dice, but it was never released as a single. The songwriters were thrilled when Nilsson's cover became a hit. Surely they would enjoy royalties from the song, but it was not to be. Ham committed suicide by hanging in 1975, after their business manager ran off with the band's money. Evans did the same in 1983, after an argument over the royalties to "Without You."
You can hear Badfinger's original recording of "Without You," along with five other songs that became big hits in cover versions, but not for their obscure original rock recordings, at Cracked.
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the Loremo LS model goes from 0 to 100 km/h (that's 0 to 62.1371194444 mph) in 20 seconds. the Loremo GT model does it in 9 seconds.
also, the FAQ says the doors open "nach oben" -- upward, i guess like a De Lorean. maybe if you get it up to 88mph you can go back to the future.
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Der Loremo wird leider erst ab 2009 in Serie gehen. Gerne informieren wir Sie bis dahin über wichtige Meilensteine, so dass Sie zu den ersten gehören, die sich über einen eigenen Loremo freuen können.
(The Loremo will unfortunately not go into production until 2009. Until then, we'll gladly inform you about important milestones, so you can be among the first to hear how to get your own Loremo.)
Nachname = (last name)
Vorname = (first name)
Straße = (street address - street, city, state/province, zip/postal code, for all you north americans)
PLZ Ort (Land) = (country)
Unternehmen = (company/business)
Telefon = (phone number)
E-Mail = (three guesses...)
Bisheriges Auto = (your current car model)
Straße = (street address)
PLZ Ort (Land) = (postal code, city, country if outside germany)
so it doesn't exactly fit the american or canadian way of addressing things.
since canadians and brits have letters at the start of their postal codes, and since europeans generally write a letter country code before the numeric postal code, europeans usually tend to write american addresses like this:
your name
123 main street
beverly hills
CA 90210
USA
anyway, do the best you can :)
or try emailing Loremo in english and see what you get. mail@loremo.com