Larding p2p networks with ads

By at 10:27 am Tuesday, Mar 11

My frind Gil Kaufman wrote an article for MTV online about how music studios are tricking song swappers into downloading MP3s that appear to be hit songs, but are really just ads for a CD.
The spoofs featured looped messages from Linkin Park bandmembers in which they mention the title of the album and single, its release date and discuss the making of it for approximately the same duration as the three-and-a-half-minute single. The band's label, Warner Bros., would not comment on the bogus files.
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