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PanicLord · 01 Jan 2010, 22:53

Ok, 3 things:

1) People who leak that kinda stuff really ought to have more consideration for what they're doing and allow the artist to launch the album as they plan to. I work for Ford and know what kind of disruption it causes when a new car picture gets leaked too soon - spoils a lot of hard work. I wasn't there, but I'm sure it would have been mentioned that it is top secret pre launch etc etc. Shame on them.

2) Having said all that in no 1, objectively in this particular case, sound quality is not that great, so I can't imagine anyone recording the streamed version and using that instead of a released MP3 or whatever. Therefore, no obvious financial harm done, and it is free and widely available publicity for the new album, which may lead to more sales than would otherwise have been the case. It could even have been released with the blessing of those involved for this very reason - releasing the track of TMIL certainly raised interest and awareness of Bat3, and although that wasn't a planned leak and they were sort of forced into officially making it available, I bet they learned that it can be a useful appetiser...

3) Song sounds f-ing awesome, can't wait to hear more of them (via approved distribution channels, of course!)

01 Jan 2010, 22:53	#9
PanicLord Mega Loafer Join Date: 18.06.2003 Location: At The End Of The Line Posts: 2,652	Ok, 3 things: 1) People who leak that kinda stuff really ought to have more consideration for what they're doing and allow the artist to launch the album as they plan to. I work for Ford and know what kind of disruption it causes when a new car picture gets leaked too soon - spoils a lot of hard work. I wasn't there, but I'm sure it would have been mentioned that it is top secret pre launch etc etc. Shame on them. 2) Having said all that in no 1, objectively in this particular case, sound quality is not that great, so I can't imagine anyone recording the streamed version and using that instead of a released MP3 or whatever. Therefore, no obvious financial harm done, and it is free and widely available publicity for the new album, which may lead to more sales than would otherwise have been the case. It could even have been released with the blessing of those involved for this very reason - releasing the track of TMIL certainly raised interest and awareness of Bat3, and although that wasn't a planned leak and they were sort of forced into officially making it available, I bet they learned that it can be a useful appetiser... 3) Song sounds f-ing awesome, can't wait to hear more of them (via approved distribution channels, of course!) Last edited by PanicLord; 01 Jan 2010 at 23:00.