Posted on 02/17/2016 7:52:50 AM PST by C19fan
Kanye Westâs troubled release of his latest album, âThe Life of Pablo,â has already cost the hip-hop star at least $10 million in sales, a review of estimated pirated downloads on Tuesday revealed.
TorrentFreak, which tracks music piracy and file-sharing, reported that Westâs album was illegally downloaded more than 500,000 times in the first 24 hours of its Feb. 14 release.
That made it the most ripped-off album by far on The Pirate Bay and other file-sharing sites.
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Cry me a river.
Good.
They are making the assumption that everyone who downloaded it would have paid for it if they couldn’t get it for free. Unlikely.
While I don’t condone theft, I have a hard time feeling bad for people like this. Perhaps they’ll have to go get real jobs.
I have a good business model for aspiring musicians and the like. Perhaps if they wrote and sang songs that appeal to a conservative base, they’d achieve better financial results. Most conservatives I know, myself included, will support those we deem entertaining, or working hard for themselves to better their families and such.
Or they can keep pandering to the immoral and bankrupt left, and keep reaping the benefits.
Why would anybody even bother going through the trouble of illegally downloading his so-called “music.”
Gotta love how Taylor Swift just won her 10th Grammy and Kanye West is on Twitter begging for money. LOL
Imma Letchu Finish, But Taylor Swift has the Best Grammy Winning Album of ALL TIME!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdneKLhsWOQ
“They are making the assumption that everyone who downloaded it would have paid for it if they couldnât get it for free. Unlikely.”
Exactly. Most of those downloaders would have just waited a little longer to download the CD free.
Question: Does a HipHop/RAP album com presented with the smell of sh*t,l or does one have to separately purchase the desired scent of excrement?
That made it the most ripped-off album by far on The Pirate Bay and other file-sharing sites
THAT speaks to the general character of his fan base. He attracts thugs and criminals. Then they steal from him and he cries about it. Doh!
Remember when the Dixie Chicks went to Europe and ripped on the not so popular President Bush? They forgot that their fan base was country music fans. Conservative, patriotic, middle class, God fearing, red blooded Americans aren't offended by much. But go to Europe and bash your own country and President and watch your career implode. Larry the Cable Guy put it best, "That's like standing in the middle of a trailer park and yelling, 'Walmart sucks!'."
That was my thought. That’s like stealing a crap sandwich.
Freegards
He seems to have some sort of a fixation on Taylor Swift. Would that be an accurate statement?
No schadenfreude for me. I get NO kicks from watching anyone fail.
There are always ripple effects with it and SOMEone will have to pay and that won't be pretty.
Trash wife? West and EVERYONE else was aware of it and so Kanye West is to blame.
I think we all lose with the ease of divorce. These days, I think the word "commitment" need not apply to any relationship.
I thought Liberals were fully in favor of free stuff as long as it came from rick folks?? Last time I looked He and his wife were rich folks!
Stupidity for the Dixie Chicks was really ARROGANCE/PRIDE, the first of the seven deadly sins.
Payback is such a b****.
Is this 10 mil in addition to the 53 mil he already owes?
Shame.
No, really.
where are they now?
What if I just tape record it as it plays out on the radio, but then immediately erase it without ever playing it back? Nobody would know and nobody would care.
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