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Once again it seems the new Wilco album has been leaked onto the internet well before its May 15 release date. This is not the first time this has happened to Wilco. The group’s 2002 album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot was the first to fall prey to this new affliction, then 2004’s A Ghost Is Born followed the same problem.As Billboard reports, fans of the group have attempted to make good of the unfortunate turn, asking that fans who downloaded A Ghost Is Born to donate what they would have spent to Doctors Without Borders, which eventually garnered $15,000.I myslef have been guilty of getting music well before the release date. With the internet it is hard not to fall into this trap. I know that owning the cd is a big part of music collecting for me, and every cd that I download I eventually go out and by the finished product. Tweedy still reserves hope that in spite of all the advanced downloading, Sky Blue Sky can still receive a rainfall of sweet cash: " We feel very proud of our record and we want people to hear it. Ultimately, that's the goal. I think most people will do the right thing and support us and buy the record, even if they have downloaded it." Do most people go and buy the cd's of bands they download early, or is this just another "problem" we have encountered with the no rules approach of the internet. Based on what I have heard around MOG is that most people in fact will not go purchase the music, even if it's a album of exceptional quality.I guess someone else can tell him that there’s no chance someone who already has the whole record downloaded will rush to the store to buy the crinkly-packaged thing because, basically, I just hate giving bad news.
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