Guy's Forum

[FenderBender]

I checked it to know if it was someone from this forum who leaked it. But it is not, it is different size. The download is 71 mb and the streams were 35 mb. So it is leaked from another source.

But there is another person from Brazil who is saying that he listened to the album. And the answer from Guy is: you can redeem yourselves buy buying a legitimate copy of the album when it's released PLUS a copy for all your friends for that matter.

I would say BUY copies from your whole family!!

But the stupid thing is that by printing that person's post, Guy inadvertantly let everyone know which torrent site was hosting the illegal copy of "Get Lucky". Hopefully Paul Crockford has managed to get the torrent removed from the site by now.

[knopflerized]

But the stupid thing is that by printing that person's post, Guy inadvertantly let everyone know which torrent site was hosting the illegal copy of "Get Lucky". Hopefully Paul Crockford has managed to get the torrent removed from the site by now.

great new

[localhero1986]

Sad news maybe. On the other hand, I remember buying the BLT single one week before the actual release, as it was available in the record store. The person behind the counter asked me if I wanted to buy the album SL as well. Due to this "mistake" I had an official copy of the album two weeks before the actual release... Anyway, sharing the album is illegal, before and after the release.

[IrisRose]

Wow, when the record company learns of something like that, they'll refuse to let the store carry any more of their products.     I think there is a legal issue too.   I had a discussion with a store manager when I thought that some book had been released and wanted to buy it.   I got the whole lecture, when all I needed was a "It won't be released until. . . . ."

[ds1984]

Hopefully Paul Crockford has managed to get the torrent removed from the site by now.

Where did you read that?
It was too good to be true.





 

[goldenheart96]

Guy said in his forum that if PC could remove those files, torrent sites wouldn't exist. That answer was pretty clear...

[Hoops McCann]

Man, people in the MK fan base really aren't too bright. I don't know what's worse- posting about the scanner in ear monitor recording you made of a MK concert on the official MK message board, or letting the producer of a new MK album know that you obtained a free copy of the album a month in advance and quite enjoy it.

Seriously.   It's borderline comical, but the whole thing is not even funny.

[goldenheart96]

Word. And I don't even dare to imagine how pissed and upset MK must be now 

[FenderBender]

Hopefully Paul Crockford has managed to get the torrent removed from the site by now.

Where did you read that?
It was too good to be true.

Guy said in his forum that if PC could remove those files, torrent sites wouldn't exist. That answer was pretty clear...

I didn't read it anywhere. I was merely expressing my personal hope that Paul Crockford would have taken any action available to him to have the "Get Lucky" files removed from the torrent site. I know that some of the more reputable file sharing sites have a facility where illegal content can be reported and the webmasters will remove the content from the site. Unfortunately I don't think the site involved is any respecter of legality or copyright ownership.



 

[Best Brown Baggies]

It's quite upsetting to think how pissed off Mark must be.
I wonder if he's taking it in his stride, or if he's just keeping quiet about it, or if he's raging mad.

Oh to be a fly on the wall in the Knopfler household.


Cheers   BBB

[FenderBender]

Man, people in the MK fan base really aren't too bright. I don't know what's worse- posting about the scanner in ear monitor recording you made of a MK concert on the official MK message board, or letting the producer of a new MK album know that you obtained a free copy of the album a month in advance and quite enjoy it.

Seriously.   It's borderline comical, but the whole thing is not even funny.

And even more ridiculous, the producer then posted on his website the name of the site where the illegal download could be obtained - so it's not just the fan base that ain't too bright!!
(Fortunately I see that the producer has now rectified his mistake).

[dustyvalentino]

Yeah, no chance of this getting removed. I'm surprised that everyone is so shocked at this, exactly the same thing happened with KTGC, and it happens with pretty much every new album release. Once it's out there, it's out there. Not just journalists, cleaners at the record company, people who work at the CD factory etc etc, it could be anybody. MK will have been well aware that this would happen.

It's probably not such a problem for MK, his fans are mostly older, not so computer friendly, and used to paying for CDs. But a lot of kids these days have an iPod full of music and they have never paid for it.

[localhero1986]

It's just the other side of internet: it's hard to see all possible problems which are caused in future by designing something new. Without internet, we were not able to listen to one single song of the new record. I heard a few songs online and the first thing I did was ordering the deluxe edition.

I wonder how many CD's have NOT leaked on the internet before release...

[Love Expresso]

Without sounding sarcastic, but an album that is not showing up before release date in some torrents or filesharer-sites seems to be totally out of fashion these days...
I mean, it

[tobi777]

it's the same story over and over again. Sadly it is rather common that records emerge on torrent sites, rapidshare etc. even before the official release. But why do we waste our time raging about it? Fans like we are will buy the album - maybe even several copies of it. Parasites will carry on downloading even without having a guilty conscience about it. So there's nothing we can do about it. Some comments about this topic read as if the writers never expected such things to happen - a bit naive in my opinion. I'm very sorry for Mark and Guy and all the people involved in this record but such is life.