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Thread started 12/21/11 8:18am

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Spaniard arrested in "Madonnaleaks" case

(Reuters) - Spanish police arrested a 31-year-old man Wednesday and charged him with illegally leaking an early recording of a new Madonna song on the internet.

At least one demo recording of "Give Me All Your Love" was posted on the web in November, two months before the planned release of Madonna's first new album since 2008's "Hard Candy."

Police did not give the name of the man arrested in the city of Zaragoza in northern Spain, but said his initials were J.M.R. and that he was a big Madonna fan. He was charged and released, a police statement said.

The "Madonnaleaks" investigation began after lawyers for the singer -- who said in November that she was very upset over the leak -- traced the posting to Spain. Police said they found recordings of the song in a search of the suspect's belongings.

Intellectual property watchdgos have targeted Spain as one of the world's largest copyright violators. The Socialist government, which left office this week, prepared a bill aimed at shutting down file-sharing web sites providing copyrighted material. But the law was never sent to Parliament.

(Reporting By Blanca Rodriguez; Writing by Fiona Ortiz, editing by Paul Casciato)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/21/us-spain-madonna-idUSTRE7BK19220111221

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Reply #1 posted 12/21/11 8:30am

banks

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wow... they really arrest people for this ??

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Reply #2 posted 12/21/11 8:45am

Javi

Spain is the paradise for stealers of music. They'll burn in hell.

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Reply #3 posted 12/21/11 9:00am

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OMG, I wonder if this is Jorge. He is always posting rare Madonna stuff online. I just got a new song (Le Petit Jeune Fille) yesterday. An Orbit outtake!!

"Keep in mind that I'm an artist...and I'm sensitive about my shit."--E. Badu
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Reply #4 posted 12/23/11 4:22pm

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banks said:

wow... they really arrest people for this ??

Madonna can have anybody she wants arrested...

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Reply #5 posted 12/23/11 4:34pm

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banks said:

wow... they really arrest people for this ??


This. is. some. Bullshit.
This is what you want...This is what you get.
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Reply #6 posted 12/23/11 10:07pm

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get his ass

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Reply #7 posted 12/23/11 10:15pm

Timmy84

That's what his ass get.

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Reply #8 posted 12/24/11 12:46pm

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Timmy84 said:

That's what his ass get.

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MM hmm nod

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Reply #9 posted 12/24/11 1:23pm

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Reply #10 posted 12/24/11 2:45pm

aardvark15

Don't they have better things to arrest people for?

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Reply #11 posted 12/25/11 3:04pm

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Is it really a crime if nobody gives a fuck?

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Reply #12 posted 12/26/11 6:06am

alexzander

Timmy84 said:

That's what his ass get.



For (bad) music? Really?
This is what you want...This is what you get.
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