Interesting article in
The New Yorker by Stephen Witt, about Dell Glover, who worked at a North Carolina CD pressing plant, and who ultimately pled guilty to federal conspiracy charges, for his role in leaking numerous albums from the late 90's to the early 00's onto the internet, ahead of their release dates.
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/ ... c-businessQuote:
"Glover leaked Lil Wayne’s '500 Degreez' and Jay Z’s 'The Blueprint.' He leaked Queens of the Stone Age’s 'Rated R' and 3 Doors Down’s 'Away from the Sun.' He leaked Björk. He leaked Ashanti. He leaked Ja Rule. He leaked Nelly. He leaked Blink-182’s 'Take Off Your Pants and Jacket.'
"Glover didn’t have access to big-tent mom-rock artists like Celine Dion and Cher. But his albums tended to be the most sought after in the demographic that mattered: generation Eminem. The typical Scene participant was a computer-obsessed male, between the ages of fifteen and thirty...For Glover, the high point of 2002 came in May, when he leaked “The Eminem Show” twenty-five days before its official release. The leak made its way from the Scene’s topsites to public peer-to-peer networks within hours, and, even though the album became the year’s best-seller, Eminem was forced to bump up its release date."
