Music industry finds the solution to its pirate troubles - give everything away
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| Yesterday's most high-profile launch, attended by artists including Radio 2
| favourite James Blunt, was hosted by Qtrax.
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| "We want to bring free music into a legal environment," said chief executive
| Allan Klepfisz. "People don't want to be illegal, but they do want free
| music."
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jan/28/piracy.digitalmedia
Subject line says "so-called" because copyright infringement was conveniently
renamed for demonisation purposes.
Related:
Brit violinist does a Radiohead
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| Ms Little, 42, is giving the whole thing, entitled The Naked Violin, away
| absolutely free - thereby allowing music buffs to avoid the terrible dilemma
| posed by the In Rainbows "pay-what-you-fancy" net launch: to not pay anything
| for the album and not give a tinker's cuss; or to not pay anything and feel
| mildly guilty for about ten minutes.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/08/classical_music_download/
Big labels are f*cked, and DRM is dead - Peter Jenner
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| Few people know the music industry better than Peter Jenner. Pink
| Floyd's first manager, who subsequently managed Syd Barrett's solo
| career, Jenner has also looked after T.Rex, The Clash, Ian Dury,
| Disposable Heroes and Billy Bragg - who he manages today. He's also
| secretary general of the International Music Managers Forum.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/03/peter_jenner/
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