07-09-2009, 09:56 PM
(07-09-2009, 09:14 PM)Ali Quadir Wrote: Nine inch nails released a free album and offered a 300$ deluxe edition. It sold out in no time landing him 750 thousand in a matter of days after release.
Yeah, it was a nice move for Trent that worked well. It was a four part album and he gave the first one away for free (this would be 'shareware' technique, that id software first explored with the game Doom). Then you could buy the other 3 parts for just $5 which I did. (I wish I had gotten the $300 edition however!)
Interestingly though, the entire 'Ghosts' album was also available on all the major torrent networks within a few hours of it's release and had a good deal of activity
Certainly there are many who simply enjoy the free aspect of torrents, not necessarily the philosophical side.It's a very interesting time in the music and movie industry... and other industries. Old systems are breaking down and being replaced with newer, better ones. I was listening to a public radio spot yesterday about how Google is trailblazing the 'free' approach to software. Did you hear that they are developing a free operating system?
Sorry, I seem to be derailing this thread even further.
