Audioslave has come up with a new method of advertising for their upcoming album. The song "Your Time Has Come" from the album "Out of Exile," which will be released on May 24, is available for download at http://www.audioslave.com/download. So far, so good, but there is a small catch. The 4.2 MB ASF file only allows listening to the first 30 seconds. Only after a whopping one million visitors have downloaded the file will the complete playtime be unlocked automatically. This is intended to encourage fans to share the website address with as many friends as possible. Whether the effort for just one song is really worth it is debatable. Especially since to implement this technical gimmick, only the Windows Media Player is supported. Users of other operating systems or audio players are left out. Additionally, the Media Player must first connect to the internet and read the license before playback. What else is transmitted in the process is another question. Apparently, these restrictions did not deter the surfing masses from starting the download, as the song plays through to the end of its 4:19 minutes.
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