Staying with all things digital, and EMI says it does not expect the now customary pre-release leaking of tracks online to affect sales of the new Rolling Stones album, 'A Bigger Bang'. Due out today, MP3s of most of the tracks from the album began circulating on P2P networks last week. However, those recordings seem to have been 'captured' from label sanctioned preview streamings of the album that were available on certain websites and radio stations last week, and EMI bosses seem to accept that once such previews are made available it is inevitable unofficial MP3 versions of tracks will surface. Stressing that the MP3s available are not great quality, EMI said it was an achievement the new album had been kept under wraps for so long, and added that they did not anticipate the pre-release MP3 leak would have any real impact on album sales. And given the Stones' target market, I think they're probably right.
Sep 5, 2005
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EMI not worried by Stones MP3 leak
EMI does not expect leaked pre-release MP3s of the Rolling Stones album A Bigger Bang to hurt sales, as the files were captured from label-sanctioned streams.