3.20.16 WTTS+Idol recap, Milwak Preview, Adam sings ELVIS!!

To anyone going to the Chicago show on Wednesday, please be warned that the street the theatre is on (The Vic, 3145 N Sheffield Ave) is completely shut down one block south of the building. Sheffield is closed and so is Wellington so you can't take it from the west. You can approach it from the north via Belmont put parts of Belmont are also shut down. The whole thing is huge mess. If you have questions about the direction you are coming from, you can message me in the Chicago meet-up thread and I can give you specific directions.

Sold my Milwaukee tickets!

Great news!!! Now you don't have to order the cheapest thing on the menu at Mo's!!! . 
It's looking like there will be 16 of us at Mo's on Tuesday. I will call you tomorrow.

I'm not going to to d/l anything, because I am not that eager to have some song early, that I will hear in a few days anyhow, but I really don't think there is need for concern here.

I understand that not everyone speaks computer geek, just like not everyone speaks i.e. Chinese. But everyone knows that Chinese speakers do exist, so if I publish something in Chinese, I cannot really be surprised that a person will be found, who by translating it to English, is making it available to other people in the world who are interested.
In the same way, everybody in the world, including folks at wbr know that computer literate people do exist. If they make the track publicly available in computer geek, then somebody is going to make it listenable to the rest of the world. Not all that surprising, really.

Now the question is, whether wbr unintentionally publicized the song, and it's a mistake, or whether it is so close to official release anyhow, i.e. it gets released Monday (in Asia it is already Monday since many hours), and so the release was planned and the fact that a few folks have it few hours before some formal public US announcement, is either of no relevance at all or outright wanted, because it generates buzz in insider circles. Somehow, I would not be surprised, if the latter were the case. Also makes sense, given that Adam promised us something for Monday. The fact that wbr is changing the link address constantly, tells me, they are well aware of the possibility to grab the link, but by changing it, they hinder the link from spreading via social media. Means to me, it is strategic and intended.

So, I have a tough time, seeing this as some theft or something similar. Maybe...clever fanbase sleuthing...maybe, but most likely, it is something that is totally anticipated and part of the pre-planned roll-out steps.

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Eta: only saw those mod notes to close out discussion, after posting. Decided to leave it for now, in hope that the comparison with Chinese helps those that are less familiar with what it means to access publicly available code. But, if mods want to rather delete, fine too. I'll stop now.