Receipt

“it was a fairness requirement or not to violate antitrust”

Bud Cole, at 27:47 of “I Interviewed the CEO of Fender” on Mary Spender’s channel.

Around it

1. 27:22 A legal counsel advising, you know, should we not begin conversations? And we were at
2. 27:32 the advice of our legal counsel advised to these, these are the, the, the maximums that
3. 27:38 are out there. I think there's some, whether it was a legal requirement or it was a fairness
4. 27:43 requirement or not to violate antitrust. I think that's, that's, and that's what we did.
5. 27:49 And so again, I, I, I know that it, that the people that received those had
6. 27:57 many different reactions and, and unfortunately they were not the reactions that was our original

In the paper

• The Creator Desk, week ending 25 September 2026