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February 17, 2005

Upcoming Indie Releases Leak, Angering Artists

With the upcoming Spoon album informally released to the torrenting masses, we now have a trifecta of artists who have seen their long-in-progress works leaked in the last two weeks. First, we had Sleater-Kinney politely request that the downloading stop in their journal, and One Louder posted today that Scott Herren of Prefuse 73 has even harsher words for the people who leaked his “fucking album”:

To all you wonderful people that have downloaded my fucking album. thanks!! To you fantastic people responsible for posting my fucking album = an extra thanks to you!! I should shelve this album, let the computer have it, quit Prefuse and start a hand clapping orchestra. If I could afford to give this album to everyone - i would do it, but instead i fucked up and forgot i was wearing a sign around my neck that says; "I work for free!", my bad... Alright - big up yourselves. Gracias...!

Will Spoon be the next artist to post an anti-downloading missive on its site? Which starving artist will be next to join the “hand clapping orchestra” (Spoon is admittedly experienced at it)? Stay tuned...

Update (2.19.05): Both Prefuse 73 and Sleater-Kinney (due to a site redesign) have pulled their statements about the leaks.

Posted by timothompson at February 17, 2005 02:11 PM