I wanted to start a separate thread about this because I thought it was such a fascinating thing to see, and I guess it's still unraveling.
Someone posted on the Marillion F.E.A.R. thread that the album was available for download on Bandcamp even though the release date was pushed back to Sept. 23rd.
https://marillionband.bandcamp.com/album/f-e-a-r
I took a look and figured that someone Bandcamp had mistakenly threw it up for download, not knowing the release date was changed (I really don't know how Bandcamp works, not having a band - don't know if the bands post releases themselves or if Bandcamp does it). Anyway, I immediately purchased the download and downloaded the FLAC files and the MP3s, then I emailed Lucy Jordache to let her know, thinking this was a mistake on Bandcamp's part. (I did think the $4.90 download price was pretty low.) Lucy emailed me back and said someone was trying to make money off of them, they were aware of it and were handling the situation. I have no doubt that heads will roll! The files posted are probably the leaked MP3 files, and they were probably bogusly converted to FLAC format.
But this is pretty alarming that someone can falsify this and collect payments for fraudulently posted music. I've already sent a message to Bandcamp asking for a refund.
It will be pretty interesting to see what happens - I'm curious to see what Bandcamp has to say in response to my message.
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