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Band Leaks Own Album, Blames Pirates

Posted by Soulskill on from the building-your-own-soapbox dept.

A Cow writes "When the hard rock band Buckcherry found out their latest single had leaked on BitTorrent, they didn't try to cover it up or take the file down. No, instead, they issued a press release. After a bit of research, TorrentFreak found out the track wasn't leaked by pirates, but by Josh Klemme, the manager of the band. In an attempt to cover their tracks, the press release was pulled, but it's still available through Reuters and Google's cache."

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  1. Stands to reason by loomis · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It stands to reason that such a talentless and disposable band would stoop to such dishonesty. Show the band how you support such underhanded tactics by making sure that you never buy any of their albums (not that you would anyhow).

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  2. Oh, the irony... by bakuun · · Score: 5, Insightful
    The irony is that by actually having been found out like this, the publicity and attention they got increased dramatically. Would it have been posted on slashdot if they hadn't been the ones uploading in the first place?

    1. Leak single to torrent site
    2. Complain about it in press release
    3. Get a little attention
    4. Make sure that people find out that you actually did #1.
    5. Get lots of attention
    6. ???
    7. Profit!

  3. Re:Up Until... by slack_prad · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Don't you usually like or dislike a music band for their .. I don't know .. music?

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  4. Re:Up Until... by Opportunist · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Yes and no.

    Yes, I usually like bands for their music. I also usually like game studios for their games.

    When I feel tricked and cheated by them, whether or not I like their product becomes secondary. I don't want to do business with a company or people who try to cheat me.

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  5. Will you download it? by interactive_civilian · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If it is what not to do, Why do I now know their name?

    Will you download the album? I deliberately will not, even though I know the name now. Why? Because they are trying to game the system for free publicity while also trying to make P2Pers look bad by blaming them for the leak. I find this kind of underhanded attempt at publicity dishonest and obnoxious and will therefore not even bother to check out their music.

    If they had just put there music out on BitTorrent with a press release announcing they had done so, I would have thought that was cool and would have downloaded their album to support the idea and to check out their music.

    But with this kind of tactic, they have completely lost me as a potential listener.

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