Red Hot Chili Peppers upset over leak of Stadium Arcadium

[MartyMcFly3]

As well as they should be. I searched "Stadium Arcadium" and "Chili Peppers" and found nothing so if this is a repost sue me. Link

Chili Peppers angered by Web leak

LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- The Red Hot Chili Peppers have lashed out at a music pirate who leaked the funk-rock band's upcoming album onto the Internet, and urged fans not to download it illegally.

The band's spokeswoman said on Wednesday the offender was being tracked down. The group's highly anticipated first studio album in four years, "Stadium Arcadium," is still on track to go on sale on Tuesday via Warner Music Group Inc.'s Warner Bros. Records, she said.

In a rambling open letter, the band's bass player, Michael "Flea" Balzary, said he and his colleagues would be heartbroken if fans downloaded the album beforehand.

"For people to just steal a poor sound quality version of it for free because some a--hole stole it and put it on the internet is sad to me," he said.

"I can not put in words how much this record, 'Stadium Arcadium,' means to us, how sacred the sound of it is to us, and how many sleepless nights and hardworking days we all had thinking about how to make it be the best sounding thing we could and now, for someone to take it and put it out there with this poor sound quality it is a painful pill for us to swallow," Balzary added.

If caught, the leaker could face the same fate as two men indicted by the U.S. government in March on allegations of making parts of an album by rock singer Ryan Adams available on the Internet before it was released.

Under a provision of the 2005 Family Entertainment and Copyright Act, which makes it a separate crime to pirate music and movies before their official release date, they each face up to 11 years in prison if convicted.

The band's spokeswoman said she did not know how the album was leaked. Warner Bros. often distributes advance copies of albums to journalists in special envelopes that declare the recipient responsible for any misuse of the CD once the seal is broken. The discs are watermarked and bear the recipient's name, which makes leaks easier to trace.

Leaks are sometimes also traced to recording studios and post-production plants.

 

[Eli]

Boo hoo.

 

[Howard]

I would probably be upset too. I wouldn't worry about it too much since there wouldn't be anything I could do about it.

 

[MartyMcFly3]

Originally posted by: Howard
I would probably be upset too. I wouldn't worry about it too much since there wouldn't be anything I could do about it.

True. I dont think anything will curb early leaks of albums/movies.

 

[misle]

I downloaded the album and will be buying it on Tuesday. It's good. It's not a "Blood Sugar Sex Magik," but it's a hell of a lot better than "By The Way."

 

[Excelsior]

Have they stopped the horrible way they master their more recent records? I can barely listen to them...

 

[MartyMcFly3]

Originally posted by: misle
I downloaded the album and will be buying it on Tuesday. It's good. It's not a "Blood Sugar Sex Magik," but it's a hell of a lot better than "By The Way."

Yeah Ive heard its supposed to be really good. Can't wait til Tuesday to find out.

 

[mwtgg]

"Poor sound quality"? What kind of crack is he on?

 

[CarlKillerMiller]

They friggin deserve it.


Their chicago fabase wants to see em, but to do so we have to shell out 140 dollars for lollapalooza? Oh, yeah, that's right, the show with 4 good bands and 120 subpar ones.


Fvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvck THAT.

 

[MartyMcFly3]

Originally posted by: CarlKillerMiller
They friggin deserve it.


Their chicago fabase wants to see em, but to do so we have to shell out 140 dollars for lollapalooza? Oh, yeah, that's right, the show with 4 good bands and 120 subpar ones.


Fvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvck THAT.

They are touring near us Chicago people in November. Not coming to IL but some surrounding states. I know im gonna make the drive to see them. Flea and John live are amazing.

 

[suse920]

yaarrgg thanks for bringing that to my attention ARRRR

 

[ballmode]

I downloaded it but I'm still buying it Tuesday. I love the album

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: Excelsior
Have they stopped the horrible way they master their more recent records? I can barely listen to them...

eh.. ish. everyone involved with the production kind of wants it that way so i don't see it changing. there is, however, an MFSL master of mother's milk.

 

[Vinfinite]

Originally posted by: ballmode
I downloaded it but I'm still buying it Tuesday. I love the album

damn you guys, now I'm gonna have to buy it

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

The recent Ellen Allien & Apparat album was leaked 3 months early.

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919

Originally posted by: Excelsior
Have they stopped the horrible way they master their more recent records? I can barely listen to them...

eh.. ish. everyone involved with the production kind of wants it that way so i don't see it changing. there is, however, an MFSL master of mother's milk.

Yeah, I have that version of mothers milk.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

Originally posted by: mwtgg
"Poor sound quality"? What kind of crack is he on?

same thing i thought of when i read it. advanced releases are normally 192 which is CD quality. Ive seen 320 and flac advance releases

 

[shoRunner]

11 years for stealing a cd??? anyone else find that alittle harsh...i mean you could rob a bank, shoot someone, possible rape someone, and with a good lawyer kill someone and get less time than that... well, not all in one afternoon mind you...

 

[Kaervak]

Originally posted by: shoRunner
11 years for stealing a cd??? anyone else find that alittle harsh...i mean you could rob a bank, shoot someone, possible rape someone, and with a good lawyer kill someone and get less time than that... well, not all in one afternoon mind you...

It's amazing what the RIAA/MPAA can accomplish with a bought and paid for congress isn't it?

 

[Shawn]

LOL! I've been listening to it for a week now. Pretty good album. I don't know what they're so upset about. Listening to the leaked album convinced me it was good enough to buy when it comes out.

 

[Injury]

Originally posted by: Kaervak

Originally posted by: shoRunner
11 years for stealing a cd??? anyone else find that alittle harsh...i mean you could rob a bank, shoot someone, possible rape someone, and with a good lawyer kill someone and get less time than that... well, not all in one afternoon mind you...

It's amazing what the RIAA/MPAA can accomplish with a bought and paid for congress isn't it?

It's not like 'Surprise! You're actually leaking an album before it's out!'.

There's good reason it's punishable. If people can hear it before it's out, then that could possibly cut down on the sales from the first day. It means less people rush out to the store as soon as they wake up to get it. It's not entirely a loss of money issue, either, it's that a lot of albums sell better when they have a big first day/week and fly up the charts.

So yeah... it's not the same as stealing music. If you're that ONE PERSON that leaks it to EVERYONE, you could screw things up to the tune of a couple million easily.

 

[MartyMcFly3]

Originally posted by: Shawn
LOL! I've been listening to it for a week now. Pretty good album. I don't know what they're so upset about. Listening to the leaked album convinced me it was good enough to buy when it comes out.

Because most of the people who have the leaked album don't think like you do and arent going to buy it on Tuesday.

 

[CraKaJaX]

Originally posted by: MartyMcFly3

Originally posted by: CarlKillerMiller
They friggin deserve it.


Their chicago fabase wants to see em, but to do so we have to shell out 140 dollars for lollapalooza? Oh, yeah, that's right, the show with 4 good bands and 120 subpar ones.


Fvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvck THAT.

They are touring near us Chicago people in November. Not coming to IL but some surrounding states. I know im gonna make the drive to see them. Flea and John live are amazing.

QFT, ever see the slane castle DVD?

 

[Kyle]

Originally posted by: Injury

Originally posted by: Kaervak

Originally posted by: shoRunner
11 years for stealing a cd??? anyone else find that alittle harsh...i mean you could rob a bank, shoot someone, possible rape someone, and with a good lawyer kill someone and get less time than that... well, not all in one afternoon mind you...

It's amazing what the RIAA/MPAA can accomplish with a bought and paid for congress isn't it?

It's not like 'Surprise! You're actually leaking an album before it's out!'.

There's good reason it's punishable. If people can hear it before it's out, then that could possibly cut down on the sales from the first day. It means less people rush out to the store as soon as they wake up to get it. It's not entirely a loss of money issue, either, it's that a lot of albums sell better when they have a big first day/week and fly up the charts.

So yeah... it's not the same as stealing music. If you're that ONE PERSON that leaks it to EVERYONE, you could screw things up to the tune of a couple million easily.

Thats true- but most people that would download the leaked version would probably just download the real version when it's released rather than buying it anyways.
I know not everyone would, but I bet most people who are downloading music wouldnt be running to the store on the first day...

 

[MartyMcFly3]

Originally posted by: CraKaJaX

Originally posted by: MartyMcFly3

Originally posted by: CarlKillerMiller
They friggin deserve it.


Their chicago fabase wants to see em, but to do so we have to shell out 140 dollars for lollapalooza? Oh, yeah, that's right, the show with 4 good bands and 120 subpar ones.


Fvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvck THAT.

They are touring near us Chicago people in November. Not coming to IL but some surrounding states. I know im gonna make the drive to see them. Flea and John live are amazing.

QFT, ever see the slane castle DVD?

See it? I own it.