If datas were stock with better security there wouldn't be suck things. So I think it would be a good thing if the industry invest more in the security of their systems than in prosecution.

MoreoverI dont't think it will affect the sales that much because it wasnt the full album that has been released.

Posted by: Nikope at 08/29/08 10:28 AM  | Reply
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Another example of an artist/industry punishing the people that actually care about their product. Its a new world and they need to realize it and embraced it like Radiohead, Wilco, NIN, etc.

Posted by: MarkC at 08/29/08 10:43 AM  | Reply
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Once again, a popular band proves that they're corporate whores who will attack their fans on command to preserve the record label's profit. The labels are the main ones losing money due to piracy, and it's really pathetic that they've convinced so many has-beens like Kid Rock, Metallica, and Guns N Roses that file sharing is significantly cutting into their profit.

What the labels don't want to admit is that file sharing is murdering their business model more than it's hurting the artists. Usually the record label rakes in profit, while the artist's meager percentage goes to paying off their advance(aka "loan") that was spent on recording the album and hiring a hot producer. Major label careerist bands generally make their profit through merchandise sales and live appearances, NOT record sales.

In the case of Chinese Democracy, maybe they're pissed that everyone got to hear that the new album is going to be sub-Stabbing Westward horseshit. In that case, the leak actually WILL negatively affect sales.

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Posted by: steve at 08/29/08 10:46 AM  | Reply
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and this from Slash? who in his autobiography goes on and on about all the shit he stole in his life?? ha. hypocrite.

Posted by: dave at 08/29/08 10:47 AM  | Reply
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Theft is theft and he should "rot in jail" ... so by that black/white rationale, Slash and the majority of his bandmates should also rot in jail for drug use?

Funny how people get HARD ON CRIME when it affects them, but claim no responsibility otherwise.

Slash, suck my ass.. millionaires bitching about pennies are about as relevant as anything you've done since 1989.... not at all.

Posted by: tigerstripe at 08/29/08 10:58 AM  | Reply
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Seems to me that the suck factor is going to hurt sales worse than any leak.

Just sayin.'

Posted by: ddd at 08/29/08 11:05 AM  | Reply
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Slash and Kid Rock (AND Gene Simmons, too) need to ask John McCain how this internet shit works, because they're oblivious to how nearly every musician benefits from the internet at large (grand generalization, I know). If only idiocy and a gaping lack of business savvy were a punishable crimes...

Posted by: Chadams at 08/29/08 11:17 AM  | Reply
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I just now downloaded and deleted Appetite for Destruction.... just because I could. *points and laughs at Slash*

Posted by: steve at 08/29/08 11:24 AM  | Reply
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Nice try, Slash, but you're still not going to get a cold and delicious Dr. Pepper.

Posted by: Joe at 08/29/08 12:57 PM  | Reply
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Apparently the folks at Dr. Pepper are now also excluding the dude who leaked the album from their promo deal. Now only Slash, Buckethead, and Kevin Cogil will not enjoy a free Dr. Pepper...well, Slash, Buckethead, Kevin Cogil, and everybody who is fully aware that both Dr. Pepper and Chinese Democracy suck whether they're free or not.

Posted by: alex at 08/29/08 2:22 PM  | Reply
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How long before a GnR reunion tour?? 6 months? a year?

Posted by: juano at 08/29/08 3:14 PM  | Reply
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