Eminem leaks Posted 11/29/2003 by Jason
Recently there has been a few Eminem/D12 songs leaked on the internet and in response here is the following information.

Basically I'm told the following in just phone calls with Interscope Records along with other officials in the music business...

Any person uploading or exchanging these or any other music files without permission to be aware that the RIAA has sent the FBI all over such locations on the internet as message boards, FTPs, chat rooms, and especially IRC & on AIM. They have in the past and will continue to break into break into your house and take your computer along with any other possessions which might contain the material after the ARREST you.

It doesn't stop there. The also impose fines and the record labels will sue you and/or your family.

They are now looking at these situations the same way as shoplifting and especially theft.

With this situation, having a major well-known artist such as Eminem, even more officials will be looking into this situation.

PEACE N B WiLD!!!

If this is true, and if Em becomes vocal in his support for this, there goes his fanbase. This kinda attitude hardly did wonders for Metallica. If anything, I applaud Madonna for simply creating a vocal track of "what the fuck do you think you're doing?" and having fake "advance tracks" of her album distributed on Kazaa and the like. Bowie did the same before his latest album, with fake files containing the first few seconds of "Jean Genie". It's far classier to play a little prank and take the piss outta greedy fans than it is to alienate listeners and ruin their lives. I mean geez, it's not like Em's going broke, sheesh...

Anxiety said:

Em's gotta make up for the backlash that comes off his recent troubles. He's losing fans behind it.

I love Eminem and his music. I've met him before and I think he seemed like a really nice guy, but if all this is true, then that makes me lose a lot of respect for him. With all of his money, he shouldn't be trying to get people friggin' arrested for downloading his music. These people are his fans who helped made him what he is.

With that said, this could be an Interscope thing that's out of his hands and all about money for the record company. The public really never knows the actual stories in anything that goes on.

hahaha


RIAA is a fucking joke..

all these idiots are upset because no'one wants to buy their crap anymore...

This is all a bit sad because it makes Robbie Williams look radical. He said he thought people dowloading music was "great", despite the extra financial arsehole it tore his record company (EMI).

what really gets me though is how the record companies have government officials after people. I thought record companies were private sector. FBI...this is getting out of hand. This is why if I dl I only dl boots or the stray older song that no one cares about. Like Rockwell.

As a sidenote-didn't the last Eminem album get leaked as well and that sold tons and tons? Their rationalization is off. But alas this is an old fight and has been argued over and over...no sense in me retreading.
[This message was edited Wed Dec 3 2:42:57 PST 2003 by Phra]

I remember there was a fake file for White America from the Eminem Show album on KaZaA when it first came out. 'Twas just a loop of "White america/I could be one of your kids/White america/Little Jimmy looks just like this" over and over for five minutes.

frankjotzo said:

Exactly. What the record industry won't acknowledge is that if they use P2P downloading as a promotional tool rather than employing punishment tactics against it, the result would be more record sales and more fans thinking their favorite artists are cool. But this is too much like right for anyone to embrace, so whatever. PEOPLE LIKE FREE STUFF. When a new album is about to come out, throw a demo or two on Kazaa. Put a throwaway track out there and call it a rarity. Hell, put an edit of the first single on a P2P site. People will put the tracks on mix tapes, they'll play it, they'll listen to it, and if they like it, they'll...gasp...maybe wanna buy the album??? Or see the artist in concert???

Naaah.

Makes more sense to put yer fans in jail and ruin them financially for life, just cuz they wanna download an Eminem tune.

What a troll.

paisleypark4 said:

Eminem,
Does anyone really give a god motherfuckin damn about some D12 songs?

bye
x

Christopher said:

Didnt he lose a journal of their first songs on an airplane once?

he isnt keep'n up with the D12 thing as well as one should.

Sdldawn said:

They're just a bunch of rich assholes pretending 2 give 2 shits about the artists. Downloading doesn't hurt most artists' pocketbooks at all. The only artists who might B hurt financially R 1's who R already making lots of money anyway. I'm saying this and I'm a musician in the industry! I used 2 B firmly against downloading but then I thought about it and realized that the pepople who R being hurt R the record companies and only because they refuse 2 change their "business-as-usual" attitude.
I agree with what some1 else posted about putting fake files in instead of alienating every1. In this fickle market, an artist can't afford 2 alienate fans!

Good thing I'm in Canada. HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!