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U2 Threatens to Release Album Early on iTunes
Uninvited Guest writes "After a rough cut of U2's latest unfinished album was stolen earlier this week, the band has vowed to release the entire album on iTunes if the music appears on P2P networks. Bono told the London Daily Telegraph, 'If it is on the Internet this week, we will release it immediately as a legal download on iTunes, and get hard copies into the shops by the end of the month.' Is this the exact opposite of the Smashing Pumpkins' last album, which the band rushed to release on P2P networks, before it could hit the stores?"
... and in a related article containing an even worse threat, "U2 Threatens To Release Another Album".
RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!! THE CRAPPY MUSIC COMETH!
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Who would want to steal a U2 album? Now I'd steal a Jessica Simpson or Nick Lachey. Maybe a Brittney album. Yah! Like totally.
Losers whine about doing their best
Winners go home and f*ck the prom queen!
It's the greater of two evils. Either wait a few months and have finished crappy music or have unfinished crappy music right now.
What are you expecting to find here?
There won't be any "real fans" until U2 has a chance to overhype and overplay their songs in conjunction with movie soundtracks.
perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5, (41*2), sqrt(7056), (unpack(c,H)-2), oct(115), 10)'
A rough cut of the disk disappeared from a recording studio in Nice during a photo shoot .
It's clear that a photo shoot in Nice has proved itself to be a device that could be used to illegaly copy music. I propose an immediate Senate bill to ban such technology.
The band was putting together the finishing touches. Most of the album had previously been recorded in Dublin.
It's clear that being present in Dublin has proved itself to be a device that could be used to illegaly copy music. I propose an immediate Senate bill to ban such technology.
Am I the only one who read this headline "U2 Threatens to Relase (a new) Album"?
I suppose I just need to skim less...
what's sad is you.
"real" U2 fans would love to be pissed on by Bono.
Bono's going to war against copyright infringement. Literally. Financed by Orrin Hatch. Somebody make it stop!
I don't want knowledge. I want certainty. - Law, David Bowie
One time in Reno, I downloaded a U2 album just to watch it be removed from my hard drive.
WANNAWIKI Wannawiki WannaWiki WANNAWIKI!
...which is forced to ALWAYS work pro bono...
knee-jerk? check. post? check. okay, time to read the article.
1. war is bad
2. the common man is good
3. we'd like another stadium tour now, please
come for the naked robots, stay for the zombies
That story is wrong! The truth is that U2 has delayed their album a year because they have to change the security measures on the album so that hackers won't be able to use the stolen version to write quick cheats.
The cake is a pie
to me this is like U2 pissing on their fans, all in the interest of making a few extra bucks.
They've done it before. You've heard their album Pop, haven't you?
iPoon?
I'm racing to trademark the name...
You got older and developed taste.
Made you look!
... A French police spokesman talking about the stolen U2 album confirmed that "We still haven't found what we're looking for."
"Joy is not in things; it is in us." Richard Wagner
I'll stick with my Pumpkins for now.
This Casey Casum. Now on with the countdown...
Another U2 album? Sounds like a pretty dire threat to me.
oops, sorry! :(
I liked Pretty Hate Machine, and I liked Fixed better than Broken, but what I can't stand about NIN is that he's named after one of the Cabbage Patch Kids I had when I was a young'un (Trent Mickey).
Or at least that's the way I see it.