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Mashable - The Social Media Guide: Free Coldplay Album, But Good Luck Downloading It!

  • animalbrad · 6 months ago
    i said the heck with it and went through torrent to get it. easiest way to do it right now.
  • Mariah · 6 months ago
    I stayed up till 1am pacific and it took me an hour to get it done but was worth it.
  • Dallas · 6 months ago
    I knew that the demand was going to make downloading it difficult; however, the album will be free for download for the rest of the year, so need to give up on it. Just try again tomorrow.
  • RKW · 6 months ago
    I downloaded it just fine and I was at a Starbucks using their wifi. I think probably when the news broke there was a rush, but I had no problems. I downloaded it maybe 90 or so minutes ago.
  • Sam · 6 months ago
    Only took about 5 minutes to download just now.. Good stuff!!
  • deepikaur · 6 months ago
    Yeah, like RKW said, the servers must have been overly hit when the news first broke, but it's fine now (for me at least) because I was able to download it under four minutes.

    Thanks for the head's up, Mashable!
  • joanna · 6 months ago
    It downloaded a little slower than files that size normally do but i didn't have any significant problems
  • Denton · 6 months ago
    I was able to download it just fine. It was later in the day, however, so maybe the
  • Jb · 6 months ago
    You know how I know they're gay? 'Cause they're downloading Coldplay.
  • taylan · 6 months ago
    Not working!!!
  • jeffmcneill · 6 months ago
    Not sure why people are not simply trying the file shares. They usually work well in this situation. (Not sure why those wanting to give content away don't simply use this method in the first place.)

    http://www.mininova.org/tor/2586780
  • tobiasverhoog · 6 months ago
    I had no problem downloading it. They should have also displayed a bittorrent link, but maybe that would have given the wrong message from Coldplay about bittorrent. I would have saved them a lot of money I think, in servers and bandwidth.
  • Alexandra · 6 months ago
    Downloaded fine and uploaded to Itunes just as easily. Thanks to Coldplay and everyone else that made this possible! And thank you for the heads up on the possible issues. Hope the issues are a thing of the past.
  • Lasse Chor · 6 months ago
    Wow... Good stuff!!!!
  • Adam Griffiths · 6 months ago
    Just downloaded fine (Sat 16th).
  • Sean · 6 months ago
    I was able to downalod it ok
  • Albert J LeBlanc · 6 months ago
    I tried several times to get it and crashed on me> changed to different browsers and got it with no problem.
  • Donna Downey · 6 months ago
    Took me about 10 tries on Friday (day of release), but finally got it. And it is was totally worth the wait! Enjoy!
  • Lenny · 4 months ago
    I just downloaded it today with no problems, but I waited until after the great rush.