(NME) A man has been arrested by police in Poland after he allegedly made a DEPECHE MODE single and video available to download from the internet ahead of its official release date.
The track Precious, which is not due to hit the shops until October, was found on a Polish website and the bands record label along with industry groups managed to trace the origins of the files.
Police said that the video was illegally made public after it was accessed from a supposedly secure copy. [see full story for more]
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Posted by Toxic Shock:
illegal downloading is killing the music industry...keep up the good work.
