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A Material Girl
Madonna's message for file traders
by Karl Bode Friday 18-Apr-2003 tags: Fileswapping · business
Many record companies have turned to bogus files to deter and irritate users of peer to peer networks, but Madonna has recently taken a more personal approach. The pop star, in conjunction with her record label, has released a phoney version of her latest single, 'American Life' to file trading networks. Instead of being greeted with music when played however, downloaders will be greeted by Madonna herself, asking them "What the f--- do you think you’re doing?" The singer has also apparently banned her singles from being offered by any of the legitimate music services such as Pressplay, MusicNet and Rhapsody, so she can apparently distribute her music instead. She's offering the 'American Life' single on her website for $1.49, hopefully insult free.

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Zzyzx
Sean Raines
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join:2002-12-04
Phoenix, AZ

Oh no! No Madonna?!?!?

I'm not downloading your f---ing music. I have no desire to listen to Madonna, so I guess I'm not going to suffer any 'great loss'. Even if I wanted to, I could just download it again? That's just too hard, isn't it.
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MrTangent

join:2001-12-28
Earth

That's a funny, if ineffectual way around it

Instead of being greeted with music when played however, downloaders will be greeted by Madonna herself, asking them "What the f--- do you think you?re doing?"
Only Madonna! Hahah. That's just funny. I can imagine some of her fans going, "what the hell!?" when they hear that. It won't work on a large scale but it might deter a few fans from pirating her music. I can only hope so. Although she is a millionaire many times over and doesn't really "need" the income, "fans" should be supporting the artist. Especially the independent, lesser known ones.
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"War Is Peace. Freedom Is Slavery. Ignorance Is Strength"


Streetwalker

@207.217.x.x

Well shes not called the Material Girl for nothing

From rebel teen idol, to Material whore ;P

Need we say more

ParanoiaInc

join:2002-08-28
Tucker, GA

That time of the month?

Ok, I couldn't resist. But, maybe this was a bad time of the month for her. Women. You can't kill them (legally), and they lock you up for punching them in the kisser.

jmargel

join:2001-03-07
Northumberland, PA

LOL

LOL

Someone should get that clip, make up a funny website with some flash movie, and reap in the $$ off of that.


login name
Premium
join:2000-08-11

Didn't deter me

After reading the article, I decided to give Kazaa a try and see for myself how hard it was to download her song.

I did a search for American Life and of course the search found tons of songs. One song of a certain size was found with 23 users sharing the same version. I downloaded it, and voila..the complete song with no skips or profanities from her.

I don't really care for her music (or for herself for that matter) so I deleted it, but I found it pretty funny how I found the song on the first attempt.

I guess if Madonna can't make headlines for her (good) music, she needs to find ways to make headlines by other methods. Almost seems like it is "free advertising" for her to make headlines about how it will be "difficult" to download her new crappy song single.
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Place your hand on a hot stove for a minute and it seems like an hour, sit next to a pretty girl for an hour and it seems like a minute, that's Relativity. -Albert Einstein

vic102482
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join:2002-04-30
Upper Marlboro, MD

Madonna

Oh noooo please say it aint so not MADDDDONNNAAAA noooooo

/me goes to uninstall kazaa and irc.


lazarus_

join:2002-08-31
Resolute, NU

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Re: Didn't deter me

1) Its her freaking fans.... When you tell people who buy your over priced music then tell then to go fu*k themselves, personally I would be extremly pissed! I stopped buying Metalica crap. And though I never liked Madonna if I got that little treat I would download every single album she ever made and share it w/ the whole world!!! muahahaha

My personal opinion on Rich Celeberties against pirating is: If they loose a few thousand record sales (and lose on millions) and still make millions on recordsales, tours, and merchandise they have no reason to complain... All this shows Madonnas greed and also what she really thinks of her fans that made her the rich material whore that she is today..


Tomek
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join:2002-01-30
Valley Stream, NY

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I'm going to download it! I want to hear her.
Stupid b****. I don't even listen to that crap music.
Say no to drugs RIAA
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There is no point of living if You can't feel the life.

Cyron

join:2002-09-24
Charlotte, NC

reply to MrTangent

Re: That's a funny, if ineffectual way around it

Do you know how much a Madonna concert ticket costs? If I support an artist, I do it buying concert tickets, and there's now way in hell I'm paying $85 dollars for a general admission ticket.


bskuared
It's Hip To Be Square
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join:2001-12-02
San Clemente, CA

reply to ParanoiaInc

Re: That time of the month?

said by ParanoiaInc:
Ok, I couldn't resist. But, maybe this was a bad time of the month for her. Women. You can't kill them (legally), and they lock you up for punching them in the kisser.
Your comment is unwarranted and in terribly bad taste. Shame on you.
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clyde_
It's A Chrysalis, Not A Cocoon
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Easley, SC

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Re: Didn't deter me

Nothing new, this has been done before and it doesn't work. I remember a couple years ago Barenaked Ladies tried that same thing. Except they added their little insults to the file and made it bigger then it was supposed to be. Then it became dead easy to spot the fake file based on file size alone and I actually ran across a site with a whole list of people sharing the fake file. Not too mention with any of these P2P apps, you could probably listen to the file as it downloads and delete it before it's finished downloading if it's fake. This will only work with complete noobs that don't know what they're doing. Otherwise it sounds more like a lame attempt for Madonna to get some media attention because she's become a complete has been.
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Cyron

join:2002-09-24
Charlotte, NC

HaHa

I downloaded the bogus file and have it play every time I click on an ED2K link.


morbo
Complete Your Transaction

join:2002-01-22
00000

reply to Streetwalker

Re: Well shes not called the Material Girl for nothing

said by Streetwalker:
From rebel teen idol, to Material whore ;P

Need we say more
amen.
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MTBikerChris
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Broomfield, CO
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Re: Didn't deter me

WOW how easy was it to find this song??..Just for the F&^&K of it i downloaded it and man i have to say This song S&*Ks who would want it.. she is gone way down hill.This is why i download Music cuz most cd's s$%k
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AkumalDave
Life's A Beach
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join:2001-04-20
Minneapolis, MN

reply to MrTangent

Re: That's a funny, if ineffectual way around it

I predict the "What the f..." version will be more valuable than the "real" single when all is said and done.

Dave

jethrogump
Premium
join:2001-03-02
Mesquite, TX

What do you expect

Madonna is an old prostitute from way back ya do know whores gotta eat too:)

So pay da girl if you want to listen to her stuff.

Personally its hard to listen to Material Girls with Harry armpits.


amenite
The Soylent - It's People
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Ridgewood, NJ
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Another Spineless Performer

Did anyone notice how she pulled her "controversial" video from release right after Michael Moore was nearly booed off the stage at the Oscars for his diatribe? You may have seen clips of the video, making a mockery of things with dancers dressed in fatigues, Madonna tossing a grenade, and so on.

What a spineless opportunistic a** she is, to produce this garbage and then run for cover when the prevailing attitude of the society is to reject the message (if there was one). God forbid she should lose any fans due to them seeing what she's really all about.
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Time is an abstract concept invented by carbon based life forms to monitor their constant decay.-Thunderclese

Cyron

join:2002-09-24
Charlotte, NC

reply to clyde_

Re: Didn't deter me

It also won't work because an mp3 can be downloaded from Kazaa in less than a minute with a good broadband connection. Do a search, and download 10 or 15 different versions, in less than 30 minutes, and keep the mp3 that's not fake.


MTBikerChris
Premium
join:2001-08-28
Broomfield, CO

reply to Cyron

Re: HaHa

what is the file size ??
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