Speaking as someone involved in the music blogging community, it still
baffles me how bands send out promos months in advance *to* people like mp3
bloggers and magazine writers and then are shocked when it immediately shows
up on zshare, BitTorrent, etc.

On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 4:36 PM, Parker Higgins <[email protected]>wrote:

> Well, I question whether the files are in fact "cd quality," (if australian
> labels sell lossless audio files, we're really getting a raw deal here) but
> it still must be quite disappointing for the band.
>
> Unfortunately, they will certainly blame this leak for any perceived
> shortage of sales, and not the fact that the first two singles are pretty
> forgettable.
>
> Parker
>
> On Feb 20, 2009 4:21 PM, "Fred Benenson" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> CD quality DRM-free album leaked:
>
>
> http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/02/upcoming-u2-album-all-over-p2p-after-bands-label-screws-up.ars
>
>
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