Usher’s CD Illegally Downloaded Over 50,000 Times
Usher took time to meet and greet fans yesterday in New York. He’s really pounding the pavement for his new CD, but he’s already speaking of it’s re-release, I’m assuming sales aren’t as great as anticipated due to the CD being available online at least 2 weeks prior to it’s release date. It has been reported that the singer has lost a fortune in royalties due to the leak:
“Here I Stand” appeared online in its entirety a week before it was officially launched, and internet programs managed to track the number of times it was downloaded, reports CMU Music.
The album and individual leaked tracks were downloaded a total of 554,716 times via BitTorrent, a peer-to-peer file sharing application, alone. (Source)
Almost everyone I know has this CD. My question is….did you buy it? Nevermind….don’t answer that.
