Blog: Raindog's Rants

AC/DC's new album, Black Ice , won't be released for another week. But it's already a smash: as an illegal download. The album was leaked onto YouTube and BitTorrent on October 7. While Sony's legal eagles quickly swooped in and succesfully pulled the record from YouTube, the files have remained on BitTorrent - where they've racked up 400,000 downloads. It should be noted AC/DC maintain a complete refusal to allow their music to be sold online, because they believe that their music should be sold in album form only, whereas Apple forces bands to [...]