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Working for the clampdown: blocking the Bloc Party leaks.
When Bloc Party's anticipated second album A Weekend In The City leaked online last November, V2's first response was to try and handle the problem internally.
As tracks started appearing on more and more websites, the label realised that managing the situation was like trying to get the metaphorical toothpaste back into the tube.
V2 head of new media Beth Appleton says, "We don't have huge budgets for dealing with things like leaks, so we tend to work very much hand to mouth to see if we can manage things ourselves. But because it was such a key release for us we needed to have a provision in place.
"We needed a company who could respond really quickly to our needs and get going straight away, which Web Sheriff did. It worked really well for us, especially over that Christmas and New Year period when we needed to know that somebody was on the case."
While preventing the album's ...
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- Magazine article from: Interview Diehl, Matt March 1, 2005 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Laban, Linda September 10, 2005 700+ words
Byline: LINDA LABAN Bloc Party, with the Kills and the Noisettes, at Avalon, Boston, Thursday night. Bloc Party is often compared to pithy British...Certainly there's bass and space in Bloc Party's songs, and angular guitar too...
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- Newspaper article from: AAP General News (Australia) July 28, 2009 700+ words
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