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3016830, We don't negotiate with ...hackers (Radiohead release 18hrs of music) (link)
Posted by obsidianchrysalis, Tue Jun-11-19 08:17 PM
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jun/11/radiohead-release-hours-of-hacked-songs-to-benefit-extinction-rebellion
Apparently someone got a hold of Thom Yorke's collection of tracks related to OK Computer and ransomed them for 150K.
The band apparently said 'F*ck You!' by releasing the tracks anyway, allowing fans to buy them all for only $23 bucks. Apparently they've been on the Web for free for some time as well.
Crazy.
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3016836, whoa
Posted by fontgangsta, Tue Jun-11-19 09:41 PM
just grabbed it
its...unwieldy. hah! seems like some gems may be buried in here tho
someone needs to chop these 18 tracks up to like a dozen or more each
heres a comprehensive list of what all's there
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kA8u6UhjbutZ-b7TXzmX4qkOTg6nGC1vPg50WwCcZyo/preview
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3016847, nice
Posted by Options, Wed Jun-12-19 10:13 AM
I love how savvy they are with this kinda thing
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3016848, id like to know what idiot
Posted by fontgangsta, Wed Jun-12-19 10:17 AM
thought it was a good idea to fuck with Thom Yorke??
you only need to watch one interview with him to fully understand that that motherfucker doenst play games
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3016887, This post cracked me up because you ain't lyin
Posted by natenate101, Thu Jun-13-19 10:41 AM
n/m
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3016907, i like how they weren't that protective of the work
Posted by hardware, Fri Jun-14-19 08:34 AM
like fuck it. its good. we were looking for a reason to put it out anyway, asshole.
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3016926, They're the only band I can think of that is that secure in their career...
Posted by obsidianchrysalis, Fri Jun-14-19 06:11 PM
that would have done this.
Could you imagine if someone now had grabbed some DAT's from the 2001 era from Dre? I can't imagine he'd be as cavalier and laid back about the leak as Radiohead.
Dre's entitled to take care of his legacy as he wants but his reaction likely would contrast with Radiohead's quite a bit.
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3016966, Yeah, I don't see Dre cooperating.
Posted by JFrost1117, Mon Jun-17-19 07:58 AM
I think race and a lot of other factors would be brought up if this happened to anyone in the hip-hop/R&B community.
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3016977, ?
Posted by hardware, Mon Jun-17-19 09:43 AM
>I think race and a lot of other factors would be brought up
>if this happened to anyone in the hip-hop/R&B community.
you mean it would look like targeting?
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3017018, i could see tool doing something similar-
Posted by kinetic94761180, Tue Jun-18-19 02:45 PM
maybe i'm wrong.
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3016965, they really weren't
Posted by fontgangsta, Mon Jun-17-19 07:39 AM
>like fuck it. its good. we were looking for a reason to put
>it out anyway, asshole.
Looking to put it out that is.
Thom even said when they released it that he didn't think it was very interesting material. They just did it to say FU to the thief.
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3016978, i think its helpful
Posted by hardware, Mon Jun-17-19 09:44 AM
>Thom even said when they released it that he didn't think it
>was very interesting material. They just did it to say FU to
>the thief.
to younger artists just so they can hear that a session sounds as amorphous for them as it does for a huge band.
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3016979, i dont disagree with that
Posted by fontgangsta, Mon Jun-17-19 09:56 AM
was just pointing out that your description of their motivation was not accurate based on what TY has said
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