Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Who Needs The Web Sheriff When You've Got Watermarks!

Idolator received this letter yesterday and it's definitely going to make writers or anyone else who receives promo copies of albums think twice before leaking it. Check out the letter below.

SUBJECT: Animal watermark warning

Hello friends -

Sorry to write this one....but.....

Last week three tracks from Animal Collective's new album leaked. Within minutes we were able to track the leak to an writer's CD. That person got in more trouble than you care to hear about and was almost fired. The person was also forced to write an apology letter to an entire staff of people and the head of Domino Records along with other penance.

The watermarking of these CD's should be noted as anyone you loan it too or any MP3's you make will have YOUR NAME embedded in it. I would think twice before doing anything with this CD. Also I betcha didn't know each CD costs 4.00 to watermark and is done for a reason. Please let us keep trusting you.

We submit this challenge to all of you. Who will be the Frank Abagnale of the internets and find a way around those pesky watermarks? First one to figure it out wins a free bootleg copy of "Catch Me If You Can."

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