Six weeks prior to the European release date of the upcoming DIMMU BORGIR album “In Sorte Diaboli” (April 27), the album appeared on multiple websites featuring free downloads, irking label Nuclear Blast Records. Since press worldwide was supplied with individual download accounts for the music on the Nuclear Blast website instead of regular promotional CDs, the source was found very fast.
Soundfiles belonged to Luca Pessina, writer for the Metalitalia webzine and news editor for the Italian edition of Metal Hammer with Pessina’s personal watermark showing up on all of the files.
Nuclear Blast Records has stated that legal steps are already in progress, with Pessina possibly facing charges and indemnity claims.
What's the lesson here folks? When a CD says "Don't even think about distributing this, we've got it tracked" umm THEN DON'T!!!
