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Last.fm Shoots Down Rumors Over U2 Album Leak

nandemoari writes "Internet radio site Last.fm has denied reports that it told the record industry which of its members had listened to a leaked U2 album. The site claims the entire story, published by Techcrunch, was made up. Last week the record industry became extremely concerned after U2's forthcoming album appeared on several torrent file sharing sites. While there is no way any users could have acquired the album through Last.fm, the site's statistics suggest that more than 8,000 users have played the unreleased album on their machines."

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  1. Re:Looks like the privacy paranoiacs win this roun by theginjaninja · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think the bigger problem we have is that people are still listening to U2!

  2. Re:Having heard it, I promise you by LordKaT · · Score: 4, Funny

    Didn't he die in a skiing accident?

  3. But the main question is... by Linker3000 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Has the record industry found what it's looking for?

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  4. Re:Having heard it, I promise you by hannson · · Score: 3, Funny

    No, he's just a piece of shit

  5. Re:Having heard it, I promise you by hollywoodb · · Score: 2, Funny

    that 8000 people hearing it, have guaranteed 8000 no-sales.

    It's terrible.

    Well kudos to U2 for consistency then.

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  6. Julian Cope said it best by uncle+slacky · · Score: 3, Funny

    Apparently he once said:

    "I've just written a 17-verse poem entitled, "U2 - Four Heads Up One Arse".

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  7. Oblig joke by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Bono, whilst playing a gig in Glasgow, got the whole crowd to be silent and then began slowly clapping his hands. He got the crowd to clap along for a while, the stadium quiet except for the rhythmic clapping...

    After a short period Bono spoke, saying that everytime he clapped his hands a child in Africa died...

    Suddenly, from the front row of the venue a voice broke out in thick Scottish brogue, ending the silence as it echoed across the crowd, the voice cried out to Bono "Well stop ****ing doing it then!!"

  8. Simple fix for that. by morghanphoenix · · Score: 2, Funny

    When you're playing something you have no possible legal right to play, turn off the scrobbling.