Album Leak (false alarm!)

ryguy2010 · #1 04-21-2011, 03:41 AM

Was so on my way to bed until i saw this. is this legit?

http://albumleak.net/stevie-nicks-in-your-dreams-leak

Dodfather · #2 04-21-2011, 04:24 AM

I really, really hope not. Stevie has said over and over again that one of the reasons she is so adverse to technology and new forms of promotion is because things like this can happen. If the album has been leaked it will just confirm all her suspicions and may sour her on doing another album within the next few years!

louielouie2000 · #3 04-21-2011, 04:28 AM

I'm betting that's a clever marketing trap. It demands all of this personal, private info and it won't let you trick it with fake phone numbers, etc. I'm sure as heck not giving out that info to some faceless website!

Dodfather · #4 04-21-2011, 04:33 AM

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Originally Posted by louielouie2000

I'm betting that's a clever marketing trap. It demands all of this personal, private info and it won't let you trick it with fake phone numbers, etc. I'm sure as heck not giving out that info to some faceless website!

Genius idea if it's a marketing move!
Louie - your signature pic is awesome (you knew I;d like it though didn't you?!)

skuncles · #5 04-21-2011, 08:55 AM

It appears the album is indeed out there if you know where to look.

mezzoforte · #6 04-21-2011, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by skuncles

It appears the album is indeed out there if you know where to look.

Does that mean you got it to work?

BombaySapphire3 · #7 04-21-2011, 09:01 AM

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It appears the album is indeed out there if you know where to look.

This might be true if even obscure critics in Ohio have copies to review..but it seems like you still might have to be a computer geek to find it.

madeline · #8 04-21-2011, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by ryguy2010

Was so on my way to bed until i saw this. is this legit?

http://albumleak.net/stevie-nicks-in-your-dreams-leak

There is a website I stumbled upon called Mediafiretrend.com. They have 4 different links up there for Stevie's album. The first one says Stevie Nicks In your dreams.iso and that link had 12, 584 downloads. The second link said Extra quality In your dreams which had 4,537 downloads. Then the third one said Hot Release In your dreams and that one had 5,362 downloads, and the fourth one said In your dreams with 12,297 downloads. Now personally I hope I am wrong about this but if this really is Stevie's album it is being downloaded by thousands of people. The bit torrent sites that I looked at had that album flagged as fake. So maybe someone from here on the ledge could go look at that website and see what you think. And if someone comes back and tells me I am an idiot I'll be happy to hear it because I don't want to see Stevie miss out on all those album sales.

used karma · #10 04-21-2011, 10:45 PM

They all seem to be over a week old, and one is a .exe file. They're fake.

saintvox · #11 04-21-2011, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by madeline

There is a website I stumbled upon called Mediafiretrend.com. They have 4 different links up there for Stevie's album. The first one says Stevie Nicks In your dreams.iso and that link had 12, 584 downloads. The second link said Extra quality In your dreams which had 4,537 downloads. Then the third one said Hot Release In your dreams and that one had 5,362 downloads, and the fourth one said In your dreams with 12,297 downloads. Now personally I hope I am wrong about this but if this really is Stevie's album it is being downloaded by thousands of people. The bit torrent sites that I looked at had that album flagged as fake. So maybe someone from here on the ledge could go look at that website and see what you think. And if someone comes back and tells me I am an idiot I'll be happy to hear it because I don't want to see Stevie miss out on all those album sales.

It's okay dear, it's actually an ad that you saw for another downloading site. I went and checked. It's fake, meant to get you to subscribe to one of those monthly download sites.

And also downloads doesn't mean loss record sales. It could actually help her reach people of my generation who don't have a clue who she is. I downloaded some of her albums and loved them so much that I bought.

Had the downloads not been available, she would have loss out on the sales of her albums to me, and to others I have recommenced her to. Someone needs to inform her of that aspect of them.

APerfectLie · #12 04-21-2011, 11:49 PM

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Originally Posted by saintvox

It's okay dear, it's actually an ad that you saw for another downloading site. I went and checked. It's fake, meant to get you to subscribe to one of those monthly download sites.

And also downloads doesn't mean loss record sales. It could actually help her reach people of my generation who don't have a clue who she is. I downloaded some of her albums and loved them so much that I bought.

Had the downloads not been available, she would have loss out on the sales of her albums to me, and to others I have recommenced her to. Someone needs to inform her of that aspect of them.

This exactly. Recorded music is not necessarily the cash cow product anymore. Illegal downloading should not be feared, but embraced. Even if millions of people illegally download the album, it means millions of people are listening to it. If people are listening to it and liking it, chances are they will go out and buy some of her albums, or atleast some merch or a concert ticket. If they aren't liking it, then do you blame them for not buying it in the first place?

used karma · #13 04-22-2011, 12:09 AM

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Originally Posted by APerfectLie

This exactly. Recorded music is not necessarily the cash cow product anymore. Illegal downloading should not be feared, but embraced. Even if millions of people illegally download the album, it means millions of people are listening to it. If people are listening to it and liking it, chances are they will go out and buy some of her albums, or atleast some merch or a concert ticket. If they aren't liking it, then do you blame them for not buying it in the first place?

Amen! Couldn't have said it better myself.

tabruns · #14 04-22-2011, 12:36 AM

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If people are listening to it and liking it, chances are they will go out and buy some of her albums, or atleast some merch or a concert ticket.

This is completely illogical. If millions of people download her music illegally, why on Earth would they then go and *buy* her albums? You're arguing that one behavior is going to lead to the opposite behavior which doesn't really make much sense. If they're unwilling to purchase music in the first place, I don't see how stealing music will inspire them to NOT steal music.

I just think if you're an actual fan you would want to buy the music both to keep the artist continuing to record and simply out of respect that this is their trade and they should be paid for it.

saintvox · #15 04-22-2011, 01:32 AM

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This is completely illogical. If millions of people download her music illegally, why on Earth would they then go and *buy* her albums? You're arguing that one behavior is going to lead to the opposite behavior which doesn't really make much sense. If they're unwilling to purchase music in the first place, I don't see how stealing music will inspire them to NOT steal music.

I just think if you're an actual fan you would want to buy the music both to keep the artist continuing to record and simply out of respect that this is their trade and they should be paid for it.

I stole her music first and then was inspired to buy it to get her to make more.

I have no problem admitting that. I illegally downloaded alot of my favorite artists music before buying it. And I now own all of Stevie's music as well as theirs. It actually does happen, even if it doesn't make sense.