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Last.fm Shoots Down Rumors Over U2 Album Leak

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the eno-is-the-only-reason-u2-still-exists dept.

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. pah by Xargle · · Score: 0, Troll

    "leak" is the right term, escaping like a trickle of urine down bono's juddery stack heeled old geezer leg.

  2. Bah - just canceled my last.fm account... by tyroneking · · Score: 0, Troll

    ... should have done it at the CBS buy-out but I got lazy.
    Last.fm has denied the rumour, but really, reality check time... a pig in a skirt is still a pig, even if you f**k it some of the time...
    How I will miss recommending totally inappropriate drum and bass tracks to my French classical music loving friend ("you have the music tastes of a 15 year old") and weird novelty songs to my sensible sister ("my brother is an idiot") and recording all the crap I play in Amarok on the last.fm playlist