Record Label Begs Fans To Put Latest Tracks On Pirate Bay To Help Bandwidth Load
from the well-how-about-that dept
Paul Talbot writes "The independent record label Labrador Records has been giving away a 68 track free MP3 sampler to promote their summer material. However, they couldn't cope with the demand. Rather than withdraw the downloads, they've chosen to use a mirror service and are actually asking people to put the content on thepiratebay.org." Yes, there are certainly more independent labels who are learning to embrace file sharing as a great promotional tool, but it's nice to see one clearly finding value in using The Pirate Bay and asking more people to help out. It would certainly go against the RIAA's claims that The Pirate Bay and similar services have no legitimate reason for being in business.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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Filed Under: copyright, music, p2p, pirate bay, riaa
Companies: labrador records, pirate bay
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But, but...
It's kind of funny, really. I'll have to check these guys out tomorrow from home while I can grab the album and download it.
EtG
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nice while it lasted
record companies did not have a business model 150 years ago, with home studios, cd burners and file sharing, lets hope that music returns to being about the music and not how many units the big guys can ship...
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Re: nice while it lasted
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It is on vuze as a BitTorrent
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Finding value?
Yeah, I guess they can find value in the fact that they can suck up someone else's bandwidth instead of paying for their own.
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Re: Finding value?
ITYM having the fans contribute some (otherwise unused) bandwidth in order to help promote a band they love.
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Re: Finding value?
You say that as if it's negative. What's wrong with making more efficient use of bandwidth?
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I might understand your point if this was one of those MPAA sponsored for pay P2P movie services, but this is no charge (tough not necessarily free) content.
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I understand it's all about money... I do understand that there is probably no better solution (as Churchill has said, capitalism is the best of the worst).
P2P is like anarchism... Something like Project Mayhem in Fight Club but less harming (although it's harming a lot financially.. Yet I like it).
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Masses don't understand what BitTorrent is
Oh, and by the way, I find MPAA and RIAA to be one of the most evil things on this piece of rock.
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