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Peck:
The new Big Star album just leaked as well.

sp2:

--- Quote from: nickyandthefuture ---Because the people who work at indie labels are human beings whose trust is violated by the people who leak albums.
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But their goal should be to get that music to people who want to hear it.  I don't see where trust violations come into play here.

nickyandthefuture:
Yes, that's their goal.  How well do you think it would work out in the long term if they spent a lot of money producing an album and then never sold it?

I know the whole "music wants to be free, man!" style of hippie bullshit is really popular on the internet, but for a full album, with studio recording and everything, to make it to the public requires more than incense and good vibes.  The people who work at labels, at least the ones I've met, do love the music and want nothing more than to have people listen to it, but they're also people with bills to pay and food to buy who work really hard at what they do.  They're doing what they love and trying to make a living off of it, and I hate it when people think they're acting as goddamned freedom fighters by ripping them off.

Merkava:

--- Quote from: sp2 ---I am so eager to buy so few albums the day they come out that leaks don't really affect me.  I'll hear it eventually, and I don't really care when.

And Hail to the Thief was weak.
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True, but it did have a couple of really good songs, mainly in the second half.

And was Plans really that bad? I heard a couple of songs from it and it seemed pretty good to me. I'll have to see when the real album gets released.

sp2:

--- Quote from: nickyandthefuture ---Yes, that's their goal.  How well do you think it would work out in the long term if they spent a lot of money producing an album and then never sold it?
--- End quote ---


You act as if leaked albums keep people from buying the album.  This is not the case.

Plenty of people still buy the album.  In fact, album leaks probably generate more hype surrounding an album before it comes out, which leads to more folks buying the album than would have done so sans leak.

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