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-{{Featured article headline|[[AIM chat with Rivers Cuomo excerpts - January 10, 2002]]}}
+{{Featured article headline|[[Riverscuomo.com demos]]}}
-[[Image:Screenshot Weezon Chat.jpg|200px|right|link=AIM chat with Rivers Cuomo excerpts - January 10, 2002]]
+[[Image:Rivers Cuomo website image.png|150px|right|link=Riverscuomo.com demos]]
-''The following are excerpts from a chat that took place on AIM that were posted on the now defunct Weezon.com. In the interest of posterity, they have not been edited for typographical errors by Weezerpedia.''
+[[Rivers Cuomo]] launched a '''demo storefront''' on his website, [[riverscuomo.com]], in [[2020]], as an assignment for an online web programming class. To date, hundreds of demos have since been distributed through the website.
-{{Interviewer|Kyle|Are the other [[Songs from the Black Hole|Black Hole]] songs as good as [[Blast Off!|blast off]]?}}
-{{Rivers|yes}}
-{{Interviewer|Kyle|Wow.}}
-{{Rivers|it was supposed to be a whole album of songs transed together}}
-{{Rivers|alternate [[pinkerton]]}}
-{{Interviewer|Ridd|why'd you ditch the idea?}}
-{{Rivers|[[Return of the Rentals|rotr]]}}
-{{Rivers|plus it was kind of a lame idea}}
-{{Interviewer|Kyle|Maybe...but those songs are sweet}}
-{{Rivers|well 4 of the songs are the ones on pink}}
-{{Rivers|and the bsides youve heard}}
-{{Interviewer|Kyle|Was '[[Who You Callin' Bitch]]' a response to that line in Blast off....'hold on, who is it here that i see, wasn't she your favorite bitch...'}}
-{{Rivers|yes}}
-{{Rivers|sung by a female character}}
-{{Interviewer|Kyle|Cool. But do you sing it?}}
-{{Rivers|on the demo}}
-{{Rivers|just like [[I Just Threw Out the Love of My Dreams|ijtotlomd]]}}
-{{Interviewer|Ridd|that's a great song}}
-{{Rivers|one of m y all time favs}}
-{{Featured article links|AIM chat with Rivers Cuomo excerpts - January 10, 2002}}
+On [[November 7]], [[2020]], fans noticed hundreds of Dropbox links to demos viewable in the storefront's source code, which were quickly shared among fans. Cuomo was notified of the error the following morning, giving [[Riverpedia archive - 11/09/2020|an update on his wiki]] on [[November 9]], stating: "I'm hurt that someone downloaded and distributed the demos. I wish everyone would help me when I make mistakes in my code, rather than take advantage of me." Despite the leak, Cuomo proceeded to launch the demo storefront on [[November 11]], featuring over 300 of the nearly 500 songs that leaked initially, along with additional demos of "[[If I Fell]]", "[[Make Me a Pallet]]", and "[[Happy Trails]]". The songs sold out in less than two hours.
+Cuomo explained the decision to be so generous with his demo collection in his website's [[Riverchat|chatroom]] on November 20:
+<blockquote>{{Interviewer|geewiz|Rivers, would you mind elucidating your mind frame right now? In the recent past you've kept these close to your chest. Why so open now?}}
+{{Rivers|Geewiz, good question. it might be as simple as: because i was able to code the market, we now have a way to make a fair, direct, simple and efficient exchange. also, we've developed a community around the market that is a good match for the demos. it's not like i'm going on good morning america trying to sell 10 lo-fi version of an obscure 20-year-old song to people who aren't even huge music fans.}}</blockquote>
+{{Featured article links|Riverscuomo.com demos}}
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