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Originally Posted by mysonichaircut
Imagine there were flacs circulating through the net one month before the official release - they might loose a lot of money. on the other hand: i dont understand why they make their fans dislike the album one month before its release ... so ... whatever ... close this thread.
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There is no point in giving the WORST first impression of an album possible.
I do think this comes from an "internet paranoia" standpoint for Matador where they don't want higher quality mp3's out there. So until the album is actually released there will be all of these crap sounding 128k versions floating around giving everyone a terrible impression of the album. GENIUS!
Instead of looking at the internet like the enemy look at it as the greatest chance to reach your target market in history. Make people come to YOUR SITE to get high quality mp3's for free (GASP!!!). Make money on advertisements while the user is there, offer them the CD version at a fair price, get their email address to reach them by newsletter, try to sell them a T-shirt, try to turn them on to a few other bands you have signed while you have them on your site, tell them about the bands tour schedule.
DO ANYTHING BUT WHAT HAS BEEN DONE!!!