Internet release may thwart U2 album thieves

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Irish rock band U2 might rush release its upcoming album as a legal download on Apple's iTunes music store if unfinished material from a CD copy that went missing ends up pirated on the Internet

U2's label, Interscope Records, insists it has no plans to change the intended November debut of the album.

However, a source close to the band says an early iTunes release "is certainly one of the alternatives" should an unauthorised version appear on free file-sharing services.

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