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Submission + - Universal blocks Trent Reznor's fan remix web site (cliveholloway.net)

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cLive ;-)

on Monday November 19, 2007 @10:28PM

cLive ;-) writes: "Trent Reznor's recent departure from Universal was meant to leave all this crap behind but, even now, the suits are stopping him from helping to bring the music industry into the 21st century (eg, with new distribution models). Having previously fallen out with his record company by urging fans to steal his music when he thought his CDs were overpriced, now he's being "lawyered" over his upcoming fan remix web site. The main gist of the problem is that Universal are scared to host his remix site when fans could be submitting mashup tracks that would infringe on other artists' rights, as this would affect the industry's ongoing lawsuit against YouTube et al...

When will these dinosaur industries get it?"

Submission + - Saul Williams Continues with Free Download Model

Submitted by Asterax on Thursday October 25, 2007 @06:38PM

Asterax writes: Artist Saul Williams continues the trend in major artists releasing albums for free download from the artists' website. Not surprisingly, Trent Reznor (of NIN) who already stated his own opinion on downloading music, has produced the entire album. Williams' album is free to listeners at 192 kbps and for $5, listeners can download the album in 192kbps, 320kps and FLAC formats. This is the first time an major artist has offered CD quality music for download, but will the trend continue?

Submission + - Trent Reznor: Steal My Music (youtube.com)

Submitted by tony on Sunday September 16, 2007 @09:26PM

tony writes: Trent Reznor, the man behind the musical entity Nine Inch Nails, said to a crowd: "Last time I was here, I was doing a lot of complaining about the ridiculous prices of CDs down here. And that story got picked up and got carried all around the world and now my record label all around the world hates me, because I yelled at them, I called them out for being greedy fucking assholes. I didn't get a chance to check, has the price come down at all? I see a no, a no, a no... Has anyone seen the price come down? Okay, well, you know what that means — STEAL IT. Steal away. Steal and steal and steal some more and give it to all your friends and keep on stealin'. Because one way or another these motherfuckers will get it through their head that they're ripping people off and that that's not right." — Via The NIN Hotline.

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