U2

Wired News: Bono Moves to Preempt Thieves:

Irish rockers U2 will release their recently stolen album on Apple's iTunes music store if it shows up online, according to a report in the London Daily Telegraph.

An advance copy of U2's brand new album, which is not due in stores until November, was stolen last week at a photo shoot in the south of France.

The band is worried the new songs will be posted to file-sharing networks. If so, lead singer Bono has a plan:

"If it is on the Internet this week, we will release it immediately as a legal download on iTunes, and get hard copies into the shops by the end of the month," Bono told the paper.