On that note, swapping of publicly-posted versions of both albums are proliferating across a number of file-sharing lockers. Upload to Zippyshare or MEGA or something.” “I appreciate it, but your name is attached to this and I’d hate to see you deal with any repercussions that may follow. “Yooo delete this,” one commenter advised the ‘Diriangen’ poster. Not only that, members of the tight-knit Reddit community are also taking steps to protect one another. So far, Reddit’s lawyers have stepped in to protect the identity of the poster, but the forum seems to be gaining importance as a critical file-sharing tool. That could create a problem for Reddit, which found itself in legal barbs with Atlantic Records last week over a leak of the ‘Suicide Squad’ soundtrack ahead of its exclusive release. The Reddit thread, just one of several dedicated to sharing free downloads of the album, is also live. The folder, incorrectly (or maybe, purposefully) titled ‘Blonded,’ contains 17 tracks and was posted by user ‘Diriangen D Sanchez Palumbo,’ though the user deleted his (or her) identity on Reddit at the urging of a commenter. 11 am PT: we’ve now removed the link after being threatened by Apple Music, though strangely, the Google Drive itself remains live). On a heavily-trafficked Reddit thread, one user posted the entire album on Google Drive, with the collection still available almost 24 hours after its posting. The album, which quickly follows the release of Frank Ocean’s visual album, Endless, was released on Friday and is limited to Apple Music paying subscribers only, an audience of more than 15 million. That includes an entirely free download of Ocean’s second album, ‘Blond,’ on Google Drive.įrank Ocean fans are now pouring into torrents, illegal sharing, and forums like Reddit to grab the artist’s second album release, Blond, thanks to another restrictive exclusive on Apple Music. Piracy channels are now in overdrive, thanks to another restrictive Apple Music exclusive from Frank Ocean. We removed the link (more on that later) here’s the original article as published on Sunday. Apple Music, through its agent GrayZone, has now demanded that we move the link to the Google Drive account, though they wouldn’t explain why Google isn’t also taking it down. Update (Tues., 11 am PT): This article was written on Sunday the Drive with the entire album is still available as of Tuesday, 10:30 am PT.
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