Message by CHRIS :
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Hello Milla Fans.
Thank you so much for your incredible support and love towards Milla. I can tell you that she feels blessed every day from the outpouring of love she receives from so many wonderful people. In the last couple of years Milla has become quite computer savvy and is blown away by a few of the websites created by her fans. She just recently became aware of Millanews.com and was truly impressed with how great the graphics look the and how informative the site is.
We wanted to make Milla's fans aware of on misunderstanding however regarding the unlawful sale and distribution of "The People Tree Sessions." I am afraid that you have all been mislead and that in truth this is not Milla's second Album. Milla cares very deeply about her music as it is HER ONE TRUE EXPRESSION and she does not stand behind The People Tree Sessions in any way, shape or form. We met the man behind this nonsense through his wife Kate Garner who is a talented photographer and has shot Milla for various magazines. Kate told us that her new husband David Turin was a producer and was working on something with Janes Addiction frontman Perry Ferrel, and that he wanted to work on some ideas with Milla as a collaboration. That is the one and only reason that we went and played music with David. By the end of the week we realized that there was no truth to the Perry Ferrel story but were happy with some of the ideas that came from working with David. We always thought that perhaps those idea's could turn in to a couple of great songs after really working them out. Several weeks had passed and David approached us with this idea: He said he was working on a compilation cd with Perry, Steven Perkins, The Dust Brothers, etc., and wanted to know if he could take one of the ideas, a track called "Perfect World" and remix it with The Dust Brothers and put this one track on the cd. Milla and I did agree to that idea as long as she approved the final edit. One evening Milla found in her mailbox a cd with a picture that Kate had taken on the cd case. When Milla opened it there were 13 or so tracks on it. She had assumed at the time that David had made this for her own personal use, so that she would have the ideas we worked on to work with for possible future recordings. She never imagined that David would take the liberty of releasing this as her second album. SHE NEVER APPROVED OF THIS. She was very hurt, angry, and bitterly disappointed that he would exploit her in this way along with misleading her fans into believing that she would release something that is not a true representation of herself. What her fans are hearing is indeed her voice, but not her songs. David rebuilt that music and created songs around ideas that Milla hoped to take in a much different way. Milla and I have asked David nicely, and not so nicely to stop selling The People Tree Sessions and to STOP MISLEADING MILLA'S FAN'S. Out of respect to his wife we didn't make this a legal issue until last year when Milla's Lawyer sent David Turin a Cease and Desist letter which he has totally ignored. the end and sad result is that Milla is no longer friendly with Kate Garner, will never work with her again and is furious that Kate supplies David with cover art that she has no right to do. Photographs of Milla are only intended for what they were shot for. Kate knows this yet she has given David the right to use photographs of Milla for commercial use when she herself doesn't own the rights to those photographs of Milla. As you can see this is a big mess. Milla's legal team is contacting Amazon to remove the People Tree Sessions from their catalogue. We are seeking a settlement from David which Milla will donate to AMFAR and OCRF. Just remember that if any of you want to buy this mess David call's Milla's Music that you are not only being misinformed but you are putting money in the pocket of a greedy, self centered man that is no friend of hers. It's a shame that someone as creative as David Turin would resort to the worst level of exploitation and continue to do so despite the knowledge that it upsets my dear friend Milla Jovovich. I can tell all of you that she is the most generous, giving spirit I have ever met and I personally hate to see her used in this way. Please, support Milla on this and do not buy this unfortunate collection of noise. I appreciate your help and your understanding.
All my best,
Chris Brenner
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