02/11/2005

EMI screw up again

entry posted by Inquisitor at 24:40 (permalink).
categories: Microcode , Music

The Kate Bush album, now titled "Aerial", has been awaited for ten years. It is the most eagerly anticipated album in the history of recent music. It has been kept in sheer secrecy by EMI, its distributor; music journos have had to listen to it behind closed doors on EMI's equipment, or on sealed tapes, or only hear single tracks and so on. It is meant to be secret until the 7th of November, when its glorious release will eventually make tonnes of cash for EMI; coincidentally, this is also according to Popjustice the day on which they "Copy Control" all UK product. I refuse to buy CC product (read problems on my separates system, complete failure on my portable CD or on my DVD player, and it still doesn't stop you from ripping it if you own the right CD-ROM drive), so if they "protect" Aerial, it's not getting bought.

Yip, you guessed it; it's leaked, a week before release, in a nice high quality LAME VBR rip. (Apparently the unprotected Canadian release, from the artwork inside.) Nice advertisement for Copy Control - doesn't actually stop piracy, just screws you and the artist over! Nice work, EMI.

(Although if the final album isn't CC, there will at least be some hope for the future.)

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