RESTORE HOW SOON IS NOW CAMPAIGN

[vandergraafk]

Please feel free to excerpt from the following letter or incant the attached spell. Your opinions and actions matter!

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After the gloomy report regarding the Region 1 version of Charmed Season 8 and the likelihood that the September 11 version will not feature "How Soon Is Now" but the replacement song used for the Season 8 DVD in other regions, I believe it is time for Charmed fans to stand up and let their voices be heard. We have already groaned immensely over this travesty that befell our sister and brother witches in Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and everywhere else in the world that has already received the Season 8 DVD. Now, it is time to let CBS/Paramount hear from us. E-mail your thoughts to CBS/Paramount and DEMAND the correct version be put out with the unreleased Lori Rom version of Something Wicca. Cast a spell, too, if that will help.

From a Google search, this is what I came up with for

CBS Consumer Products Contacts
John Wentworth
EVP Communications, CBS Paramount Television
[phone]
[e-mail]


Beth Feldman
Vice President, CBS Communications Group
[phone]
[e-mail]


I am going to send e-mails to both of these individuals. I hope they are the correct people to contact.


Here is a copy of the e-mail I sent to Beth Feldman.

I am writing to you to express my deep concern over recent reports which suggest that the Region 1 DVD for Season 8 of Charmed will not feature the original music by Love Spit Love. Instead, it is reported that we too will be subject to the faux theme song that appeared on all of the other region DVDs. For fans, a note apparently has been added that alerts the consumer to the change.

This begs the question. Why were we as fans of Charmed forced to wait an additional 8 months for an inferior version of Charmed Season 8. There was already great uproar in Europe about this. We had hoped that the delay would allow CBS/Paramount to work out the legal issues that prevented usage of How Soon Is Now in the already released DVDs. That nothing apparently was done to eliminate this travesty is appalling and demands a response from CBS/Paramount.

As someone who runs a Charmed forum and who appears on the Season 8 fan disc, I would hope that our concerns will be addressed. I am also an active participant in the Charmed Cafe, a forum site whose logo and founders also appeared in the fan disc accompanying the Season 8 DVD. I have started a thread there asking our members to send e-mails to you in the hope that we can get a response to our concerns.

It may come as a surprise to CBS/Paramount, but Charmed remains a fan favorite. We still watch re-runs on TNT, even though we have the DVDs. We still buy the Simon and Schuster books and have written in to ask that these be kept in production. We probably also buy all sorts of other stuff. And, many of us would love to see a Charmed movie, Charmed Once More, or the Charmed Sons.

Thank you for your attention. If this e-mail has been addressed to the wrong person at CBS/Paramount, please let me know.

Sincerely,


vandergraafk

P.S. I used my real name!

For those of you more spell-minded, try this one.

We call upon the Spirits to help undo
A travesty at Paramount/CBS
Whose DVD of Season 8
Fuels an incessant and hideous row
It leaves we witches mighty blue
Banish this song: the Source we guess
Lest it be for fans too late
Return to Charmed "How Soon Is Now"

[vandergraafk]

Spiritkas provided this sample letter for the general fan to use:


CBS Consumer Products Contacts
John Wentworth
EVP Communications, CBS Paramount Television
[phone]
[e-mail]


Beth Feldman
Vice President, CBS Communications Group
[phone]
[e-mail]


I am going to send e-mails to both of these individuals. I hope they are the correct people to contact.


Here is a copy of the e-mail I sent to Beth Feldman.

I am writing to you to express my deep concern over recent reports which suggest that the Region 1 DVD for Season 8 of Charmed will not feature the original music by Love Spit Love. Instead, it is reported that we too will be subject to the faux theme song that appeared on all of the other region DVDs. For fans, a note apparently has been added that alerts the consumer to the change.

This begs the question. Why were we as fans of Charmed forced to wait an additional 8 months for an inferior version of Charmed Season 8. There was already great uproar in Europe about this. We had hoped that the delay would allow CBS/Paramount to work out the legal issues that prevented usage of How Soon Is Now in the already released DVDs. That nothing apparently was done to eliminate this travesty is appalling and demands a response from CBS/Paramount.

As someone who runs a Charmed forum and who appears on the Season 8 fan disc, I would hope that our concerns will be addressed. I am also an active participant in the Charmed Cafe, a forum site whose logo and founders also appeared in the fan disc accompanying the Season 8 DVD. I have started a thread there asking our members to send e-mails to you in the hope that we can get a response to our concerns.

It may come as a surprise to CBS/Paramount, but Charmed remains a fan favorite. We still watch re-runs on TNT, even though we have the DVDs. We still buy the Simon and Schuster books and have written in to ask that these be kept in production. We probably also buy all sorts of other stuff. And, many of us would love to see a Charmed movie, Charmed Once More, or the Charmed Sons.

Thank you for your attention. If this e-mail has been addressed to the wrong person at CBS/Paramount, please let me know.

Sincerely,