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"Hatchetface " wrote:well i dont know- i think if bands and labels really want to prevent leaks- they can- built to spill kind of did it with the whole mike jones thing, and the new modest mouse has yet to leak.
This is a great point. It is the label’s responsibility to ensure the album doesn’t get leaked early. It CAN be done. This is why Fat Possum needs to step up and do something significant about the early leak. Telling the kind folks at Oink to take it down (which they did) is too little too late. Once the leak has hit the internet it’s over and there is NO control AND there shouldn’t be any control. I suggest partnering w/iTunes and making it available via download. You don’t have to wait for CD artwork to print or vinyl to press. The quicker labels embrace technology the better they will be. Wake up Fat Possum and be a pioneer.
Side note: Andrew Bird’s new album "Armchair Apocrypha" has a release date of mid-March. I’ve had an excellent quality rip for almost three weeks now. Guess who the label is? Fat Possum!
"Another Girl Another Planet " wrote:I’m with you on that, but the cats out of the bag, & I doubt it’s going back. Not advocating anyone download it, just using a harm reduction strategy of sorts to try & diminish the sharing & non buying frenzy that can happen.I think the quicker labels/bands embrace the new way music is being distributed the better we will all be. True fans want to support their favorites artists, but it’s unrealistic to think that they will resist the urge to download it ‘illegaly’ if given the chance. The very reason they want it is b/c they like Green Mind, Where You Been, Bug, Hand it Over, etc… not b/c they are trying to sell it in a flea market or on the streets.
If Fat Possum really wanted to open some eyes and let the internet/technology work for them, then they’d quickly get an internet release together and partner with iTunes or someone similar. Many of the folks (and it’s unrealistic to think all) that have downloaded this release already would prefer the official stamped version from the label.
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