El "nuevo" modelo de negocio que se plantea a la hora de vendernos música "legal" por internet no se asemeja mucho al viejo, es más, incluso tiene visos de aproximarse al calificativo de timo. La última víctima es Robert Smith, o mejor dicho, sus seguidores, que deberían pagar 8 libras por hacerse con los 5 mp3 que forman "Hypnagogic States", nuevo Ep de The Cure. Éste precede a "4:13 Dream", el disco que verá la luz el 27 de octubre.
El entrañable Smith se ha enfadado mucho, hasta el punto de enviar una misiva electrónica (que podéis leer en la parte inferior y que hemos preferido colocar íntegra y sin tratar de traducirla para que así podáis disfrutar de su "colorista vocabulario [sic]") para expresar su indignación al gigante de la música en internet, ante lo que considera un despropósito al que no quiere que vinculen.
DEAR...
I FUCKING DESPAIR
AGAIN
HYPNAGOGIC STATES EP IS NOW UP ON UK ITUNES...
5 TRACKS FOR £7.99?
FOR FUCKS SAKE!
AND THE PACKAGE IS COMPLETEY MISSING THE EXTRA BONUS TRACK (65DOS LT REMIX OF "THE ONLY ONE")
SO
YOU CAN BUY THE FOUR REMIXES BY 30STM/AFI/MCR/FOB INDIVIDUALLY FOR 79P EACH...
BUT YOU ONLY GET THE 65DOS "EXPLODING HEAD SYNDROME" REMIX OF ALL FOUR SINGLES IF YOU PAY £7.99 FOR "THE ALBUM"...
IE YOU ARE BEING ASKED TO PAY £4.83 FOR THE 65DOS REMIX... !!!
WHO THE FUCK IS GOING TO PAY THIS AND NOT FEEL TOTALLY RIPPED OFF?
IT'S NOT A FUCKING ALBUM!
IT'S A 5 TRACK EP
AND YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO GET AN EXTRA FREE TRACK (THE 65DOS REMIX OF "THE ONLY ONE") IF YOU BUY IT AS A 5 TRACK EP
AND ITS SUPPOSED TO COST LESS IF YOU BUY IT AS A 5 TRACK EP THAN IF YOU BUY THE 5 TRACKS INDIVIDUALLY...
THAT IS WHAT WAS AGREED
THIS IS SO TOTALLY WRONG
I REALLY DO FUCKING DESPAIR
WHY IS IT SO INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TO GET ANYTHING DONE RIGHT?
PLEASE FIX THIS NOW