But would it be breaking the rules if someone just accidentially emailed it to my [email protected] address??
Umm. Well, your e-mail is a part of this world wide network called the internet. I am pretty sure the people who got the alpha release were asked not to put it on the internet. Thus, even sending it to your e-mail would be breaking this agreement.
Knowing how close the empeg community is, and seeing the extreme ones attend these meets, I highly doubt anyone is going to break the agreement they made. And besides, several people who have tried it have stated it is pretty buggy. Sure, you seem to think you understand that, but if it's buggy like 1.1 alphas, there is always the chance your entire music library would be wiped clean. I doubt that risk is worth hearing crossfade earlier then you normally would.