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{{Infobox album
| name         = The Letter U and the Numeral 2
| type         = ep
| artist       = [[Negativland]]
| cover        = Negativlandfront U2.jpg
| alt          =
| released     = 1992
| recorded     =
| venue        =
| studio       =
| genre        = [[Experimental music|Experimental]]
| length       = 25:56
| label        = [[SST Records|SST]]
| producer     = Negativland
| prev_title   = [[Guns (EP)|Guns]]
| prev_year    = 1992
| next_title   = [[Free (Negativland album)|Free]]
| next_year    = 1993
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1      = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="AM">{{cite web |last1=Carruthers |first1=Sean |title=The Letter U and the Numeral 2 Review by Sean Carruthers |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000096230#review |website=[[Allmusic]] |access-date=29 November 2024}}</ref>}}
'''''The Letter U and the Numeral 2''''' is a 96-page magazine and 25-minute CD by [[Negativland]] detailing their conflict with the band [[U2]], over Negativland's [[U2 (EP)|EP of the same name]].<ref name="AM"/><ref>{{cite web |last1=Berry |first1=Colin |title=The Letter U and the Numeral 2 |url=https://www.wired.com/1995/01/negativland/ |website=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] |access-date=29 November 2024 |date=1 January 1995}}</ref> It was released in 1992 as a limited edition of 4000 copies. Two months after its release, [[SST Records]] blocked its distribution with a lawsuit claiming, among other things, copyright infringement based on reproductions of press releases sent to the press by SST; "in essence, suing the band for printing (their) threat to sue the band".{{Citation needed|date=February 2008}} SST's lawsuit is similar to the "[[Streisand effect]]".
Three years later, Negativland re-released this as ''[[Fair Use: The Story of the Letter U and the Numeral 2]]''. It included "Crosley Bendix Discusses the U.S. Copyright Act" plus nine other tracks.
==Track listing==
# "Crosley Bendix Discusses the U.S. Copyright Act" - 25:56
==Personnel==
*Mark Hosler
*Richard Lyons
*David Wills
*[[Don Joyce (musician)|Don Joyce]]
*Chris Grigg
==See also==
* ''[[These Guys Are from England and Who Gives a Shit]]''
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