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There are semi-legitimate reasons to break Spotify's DRM. One artist I follow was about to release an album, but their record label cancelled it at the last sec
by CrazedGeek 12y ago
There are semi-legitimate reasons to break Spotify's DRM. One artist I follow was about to release an album, but their record label cancelled it at the last second. Luckily, it still got uploaded to Spotify, so I was able to download a copy of it.
- nitrogen 12y agoI'm curious, was any motivation given for the album's cancellation? It seems strange for a company to abandon a product that's basically done (though I've seen it happen for various reasons).
- CrazedGeek 12y agoThe band wanted to release both the album through the record label they were signed to and an acoustic version by the singer through their own record label. Somewhere along the line, the major label started getting really pissy at the band and both (A) wouldn't release the album at all unless the acoustic version was cancelled and (B) refused to send the band preorder copies. The albums are The Hands that Thieve by Streetlight Manifesto and The Hand that Thieves by Toh Kay, but I'm not sure if there's a detailed writeup anywhere. The band posted this: http://streetlightmanifesto.com/update-the-continued-struggle/ http://streetlightmanifesto.com/update-the-continued-struggl... and eventually had to cancel all of the preorders. They also posted this about their label: http://streetlightmanifesto.com/streetlight-manifesto-proudly-boycotts-itself/ http://streetlightmanifesto.com/streetlight-manifesto-proudl...