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Rednex Diss Record Labels, Partner With The Pirate Bay
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| During the last two decades, the Swedish
| band Rednex have sold more than 10 million
| records, with number one hits in eight
| countries including Germany and the UK.
| Today the band, known by most people for
| the single âCotton Eye Joe,â released
| their first single in 18 months. They
| chose to share it via The Pirate Bay.
|
| [...]
|
| The Pirate Bay is currently promoting the
| new Rednex single on its frontpage, which
| guarantees exposure to millions of
| downloaders. Rednex believes that new
| forms of distribution will eventually make
| the record labels redundant.
|
| âWe think that this is undoubtedly the
| future method of releasing music. Within
| 12 years all the record companies will be
| extinct and the copy-free system will
| rule, no matter what anyone tries to do
| about it. It is inevitable and we are
| simply adapting to the coming reality. We
| admire the file-sharing communities and
| the unrestricted spread of information, as
| this will ultimately lead to great all-
| round benefits,â they add.
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http://torrentfreak.com/rednex-diss-record-labels-partner-with-the-pirate-bay-100107/
Most Pirated Movie of 2009 ... Makes Heaps of Money
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| According to TorrentFreak, last summer's
| Star Trek movie was the "most pirated
| movie of 2009." So it seems that Paramount
| Pictures was prescient when it gave
| testimony before the FCC that used Star
| Trek as an illustrative example of how
| "Internet piracy" is poised to devastate
| Hollywood and (though the nexus here is
| less than clear) undermine residential
| broadband in America.
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http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/12/most-pirated-movie-makes-heaps-money
Recent:
Smashing Pumpkins Like Free Online Music Concept
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| Billy Corgan Plans on Making Money From Real Fans
|
| Offering your album online for free seems to becoming
| quite a trend these days. The concept was pioneered by
| acts like Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails, and the latest
| group to jump on the bandwagon is Smashing Pumpkins.
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http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2009/09/17/smashing-pumpkins-like-free-online-music-concept
Smashing Pumpkins Latest To Embrace Free Music... With A Reason To Buy
http://techdirt.com/articles/20090917/0431356225.shtml
New Smashing Pumpkins album
http://billycorgan.livejournal.com/39767.html
Radiohead Leak Their New Track To BitTorrent
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| During the last few days a new Radiohead song was mysteriously released onto
| the Internet. The track is called âThese Are My Twisted Wordsâ and until
| today it was unclear where it had come from. Now, thanks to a post on the
| bandâs blog, it seems the boys couldâve had it planned all along, as they are
| now linking to the song on Mininova.
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http://torrentfreak.com/radiohead-leak-their-new-track-to-bittorrent-090817/
Radiohead's Thom Yorke Dishes on CD Hatred and the Music Industry
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| Before that joke, though, he was more specific on his opinions of physical
| formats that hold digital media: âI mean, I always hated CDs. Me and Stanley
| [Donwood] always hated CDs. Just a fucking nightmare,â he ranted, adding
| later, âthereâs a process of natural selection going on right now. The music
| business was waiting to die in its current form about twenty years ago. But
| then, hallelujah, the CD turned up and kept it going for a bit. But
| basically, it was dead.â
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http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/156651731/radioheads-thom-yorke-dishes-on-cd-hatred-and-the
Fox The Latest Studio To Declare War On Redbox
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| Either way, this is a story of the movie studios letting their own greed
| interfere with innovation. These movies are being legally purchased. It's
| difficult to see how the studios have any leg to stand on in preventing
| Redbox from using their movies in its service. Isn't there a First Sale right
| somewhere?
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090807/0321005804.shtml
Radiohead's Manager: File Sharing Should Be Legal; It's Great For Music
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| This probably isn't much of a surprise given Radiohead's well-publicized
| experiment with letting fans "pay what you want" for its last album, but the
| band's manager has now said that he thinks file sharing should be legal (sent
| in by Ruby), noting:
|
| "We believe file-sharing by peer-to-peer should be legalised. The sharing
| of music where it is not for profit is a great thing for culture and
| music."
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090506/0229264765.shtml
Related:
Radiohead, 'Juno' blast onto U.S. pop chart
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| Radiohead's âIn Rainbowsâ album topped the U.S. sales chart this week,
| selling 122,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
|
| It arrived in stores in CD format on New Year's Day, nearly three months
| after the artsy British rock group unleashed the album to the Web at a cost
| to be determined by the user -- whatever price fans chose to pay, including
| nothing at all.
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http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/extendedplay/2008/01/radiohead-juno.html
Radiohead album bets on fast release, open pricing
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| The release of popular rock group Radiohead's new album next week is the
| latest wake-up call for a music industry still struggling to deal with the
| advent of digital music, experts say.
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http://www.news.com/Radiohead-album-bets-on-fast-release%2C-open-pricing/2100-1025_3-6212107.html?tag=nefd.top
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