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A Culture of Leaks
In its crackdown on leaked music, the music business is discovering that its worst enemies might come from inside the industry. New York magazine contributor Adrienne Day tells us about the shadowy world of "ripping crews" and explains how journalists may contribute to the problem. And Jonathan Lee of anti-piracy company MediaDefender talks about how leaks are plugged.
Adrienne Day's story in New York magazine
MediaDefender web site
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Set reputation or not a leak is good for the artist and bad for the label. If the band is GOOD then the more people that hear music, paid for or not, the band benefits, the labels do not. Hence the issue at hand. Small labels deserve our promotion (our money).
I've noticed that many of the supposed tracks that appear on file-sharing sites like Limewire are actually "blind links" to pornography. I once clicked on a radiohead song on limewire and it took me to a guy and girl doing some pretty racy stuff...
To me it doesn't matter if a Beirut track was leaked early because I've been listening to DeVotchka for years so I've already heard the entire Beirut song book.
the link leads to the second segment
SOUNDCHECK SAYS: Fixed! Thanks for the heads-up!
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